Cigarette displays to be banned in England
March 10th, 2011 - 2:35 am ICT by Aishwarya BhattLondon, Mar 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Authorities in Britain have announced that cigarette displays in shops and supermarkets would be banned. The authorities argue that displaying the cigarettes at supermarket checkouts and behind the counters of stores get those who have resolved to quit tempted.
The government hopes that by banning the display of cigarette it would help millions of people who resolve everyday to kick their smoking habits. They also hope that smoking in children would be greatly reduced because there would be nothing to entice them. Cigarette advertizing has been banned in the United Kingdom along with public smoking.
Countries like Canada, Ireland and Iceland have all banned the display of cigarettes in supermarkets and stores. The measure means sellers have to virtually hide the cigarette from the view of shoppers. UK requires cigarette packs to have health warning and a gruesome picture of what cigarette can do to the lungs of smokers visibly printed on them.
The British Medical Association has given a thumb-up for the ban. The BMA says the ban would help smokers kick their habit and discourage children from lighting their first cigarette.
Big shops in the United Kingdom are required to dismantle their cigarette displays by April 2012 while small shops would be required to do that in 2015.
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