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[UK-Scotland] Date set for tobacco display and vending machine bans in Scotland

The Scottish Government has set the date for the tobacco display and vending machine bans. The ban on open display of tobacco products in large shops and sales from self-service tobacco vending machines will be introduced on 29 April.
STV (uk)
added Feb 8, 2013 22:23
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[UK-Scotland] LETTER: Make cigarettes shorter to redress levels of inhalation

A shorter cigarette would bring smoke inhalation per cigarette back to pre-ban levels. With less tobacco in each smoke, less tax would need to be levied, the NHS would be less inundated with smokers suffering smoking-related complaints, smokers would ha
Herald Scotland (The Herald and Sunday Herald) (uk)
added Dec 26, 2012 00:29
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[UK, UK-Scotland] Tobacco display ban in Scotland to begin in April 2013

A ban on the display of cigarettes in Scotland's shops will come into force in April 2013 after a tobacco firm lost its legal fight to stop the move.
BBC Online
added Dec 12, 2012 12:33
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[UK-Scotland] Almost 120000 attempts to quit smoking in the last year, figures reveal

There were almost 120,000 cases of people trying to quit smoking in the last year, according to new statistics. Of that number, there were 44,137 successful attempts reported one month after the date they stopped.
STV (uk)
added Sep 25, 2012 13:06
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[UK-Scotland] Plain fag packets could lead to killer cigarettes

AN INTERNATIONAL crime expert has warned that if the Government go ahead with their plans to alter tobacco packaging then smokers could be at risk from killer fake cigarettes.
Deadline News (uk)
added Aug 6, 2012 12:59
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[UK-Scotland] Warden patrols to enforce new smoking ban at hospitals

WARDENS are to patrol the grounds of hospitals in Scotland's biggest health-board area in the latest bid to crack down on smoking.
Herald Scotland (The Herald and Sunday Herald) (uk)
added May 30, 2013 06:57
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[UK-Scotland] Scottish stores unfazed by tobacco display ban

Tobacco sales via large and small stores do not appear to have been impacted by the implementation of a display ban in large Scottish outlets last week, early indications from retailers suggest.
Convenience Store (uk)
added May 10, 2013 10:27
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[UK-Scotland] VIDEO: Tobacco display ban 'unnecessary', says grocers' association boss

The head of the Scottish Grocers' Association, John Drummond, believes new rules banning the display of tobacco products in large Scottish retail stores is unnecessary.
BBC Online
added Apr 29, 2013 13:48
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[UK-Scotland] EDITORIAL: A tobacco-free nation may yet be within our sights

The once-unimaginable prospect of a tobacco-free Scotland could actually be achievable if politicians can now stay the course.
Herald Scotland (The Herald and Sunday Herald) (uk)
added Apr 28, 2013 23:44
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[UK-Scotland] Big-store ban on tobacco displays begins

The law banning cigarettes and other items from being displayed brings Scotland into line with the rest of the UK, and is designed to deter young people from smoking. Stores with floorspace of more than 280sq m – in other words, supermarkets – face crim
Herald Scotland (The Herald and Sunday Herald) (uk)
added Apr 28, 2013 23:42
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