Jump to full article: Lancashire Evening Telegraph (uk), 2009-10-13
Intro: It will now be considered by the House of Lords and could mean cigarettes removed from display by 2013.
Harpal Kumar, Cancer Research UK’s chief executive, said: “We are delighted that MPs have voted to protect young people from tobacco marketing.
”Putting tobacco out of sight in shops and removing cigarette vending machines will help reduce the number of young people taking up a lethal addiction: tobacco kills half of all long term users.”
But Blackburn councillor Suleman Khonat, who is national president of the National Federation of retail Newsagents (NFRN), said: “We are very disappointed that tobacco displays are scheduled to be removed from 2013 in small stores.
”Independent newsagents truly support the Department of Health’s efforts in reducing smoking overall but this legislation has been ill thought-out and will be ineffective.
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