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Leader aims to smoke out machines 

THE leader of the council is urging the public to get behind new laws that will ban cigarette vending machines and the use of enticing multi-coloured displays in shops.

Councillor Alan Taylor started smoking when he was 15 and it took him 25 years to kick the habit.

The government's proposals for new tobacco control laws were recently supported by MPs and now go to public consultation before they are finally made law.

Since the advertising ban in 2002, evidence shows that the tobacco industry has instead invested in promotional displays of tobacco in shops.

And there is evidence these promotional activities encourage children to start smoking.

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