A Definite Smoking Ban will be Soon

Published on March 23, 2009 5:39 AM

Cigarettes displays were not prohibited yet. They will be banned by 2013 when new restrictions on the use of vending cigarette machines will be drawn up too, minister said. The smokers’ age also will be restricted when they would like to

Other measures including outlawing packs of ten and forcing makers to produce plain packaging have been dropped.
But beginning with October 2011 large shops will have had to remove all tobacco displays from the point of sale and smaller businesses will have to fulfill by 2013.
Business secretaries are not agreed with these moves due to fears it could harm small corner shops during the economic fall.
A spokesman for the Department of Health said there was no evidence that shops had been forced to close in other countries which have already removed cigarettes from display. There were also concerns that the ban will increase smuggling of tobacco.
Researchers reported that they found that in countries where displays smoking were removed prevalence among young people has fallen by up to 10 percent.
For to ensure children to not buy cigarettes from vending machines will be introduce special methods. One of the methods could include requiring customers to buy tokens from the pub landlord or shopkeeper, electronic ID cards to operate the machines or infra red remote control which the shopkeeper activates if they believe the customer to be over 18.
The measures will be brought in by 2011 and monitored to check they are working. If not, then ministers will consider banning vending machines altogether in 2013.
Vending machines are the primary source of cigarettes for nearly one in five young people aged 11 to 15 and children were able to use the machines in more than 40 percent of test purchases.