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Cigarette vending machine supplier 'incensed' over ban  

A total ban on cigarette vending machines now looks almost inevitable after Lords rejected an attempt to stop it. Lords also rejected proposals to allow more tightly controlled machines, operated by remote control, to be allowed.

“I am incensed and dismayed that the Lords have betrayed the vending industry by ignoring the technical advances made which effectively stop underage people gaining access to tobacco vending machines," said Kevin Pascall, managing director of Wolverhampton-based vending company Sinclair Collis.

"Yesterday’s decision means a bleak future for 200 British companies and their employees in what are already tough economic times.”

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