Jump to full article: TheShout (au), 2009-10-12
Author: Andrew Starke
Intro: Philip Morris International (PMI) has hit back at groups advocating a total ban on the display of tobacco products in retail stores via a new website.
The cigarette giant supports effective regulation but opposes a total ban on the display of tobacco products in stores.
"A number of countries are investigating a ban on display of tobacco products in retail stores," said PMI's director of regulatory communications, Morgan Rees.
"There is limited information in the public domain that describes experiences from countries that have banned display and so we felt that it would be useful to create a website that provides information on the effectiveness of the ban, as well as to describe its impact on adult smokers, retailers, tobacco manufacturers and enforcement agencies."
To date four countries - Australia, Canada, Iceland and Ireland - have prohibited the display of tobacco products at point of sale. . . .
Meanwhile, Donegal newsagent and National Federation of Retail Newsagents member, Maurice Timony, last week lodged a High Court challenge to contest the Irish Governments ban on tobacco display.
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