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Jump to full article: Talking Retail (uk), 2009-10-12
Intro: Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has attacked the UK government for its plan to ban retailers from displaying tobacco.
In advance of the third reading of the UK Health Bill, in the House of Commons today (Monday 12 October 2009), Daniel Torras, JTI's UK managing director, said:
"The UK Government continues to demonstrate that it fails to recognise or listen to the evidence provided by key stakeholders that hiding cigarette packs from view in retail outlets will not achieve its goal of further reducing youth smoking. There is no credible evidence that tobacco display bans reduce youth smoking."
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