Press release issued: 14 September 2021
Efforts to discourage people from smoking by banning tobacco retail displays in shops and supermarkets could be weakened by prominent displays of electronic (e) cigarettes and smoking paraphernalia, suggests new research led by the universities of Bristol and Cambridge and published today [13 September] in the journal Tobacco Control.
The researchers found that the vast majority of retailers that sell tobacco, albeit out of view, had prominent displays of e-cigarettes (used as a smoking cessation aid) and smoking paraphernalia, such as cigarette lighters.
Displays of tobacco products at the point of sale in retail stores are banned in many countries, because of their potential link to the harmful habit of increased smoking and higher susceptibility to smoking in children.
Read the full University of Bristol press release.
Paper: 'Electronic cigarette and smoking paraphernalia point of sale displays: an observational study in England' by Laura Brocklebank, Marcus Munafò et al in Tobacco Control
