Anti-smoking advocates and health experts known as the mayor, Michael bloomberg, keep the line of sight of cigarettes in New York city store, and tobacco companies and smokers to call it a beyond the recommendations.
Ban, this will be the first in the United States, the aim is to discourage teen smoking.
Keep cigarettes can help shrouded in secrecy, anti-smoking activists said, citing research, contact exposure and started smoking. Store the ambry of tobacco products from the corner store to the supermarket, drawer, cabinet, under or in other concealed points behind the curtain. Officials also want to stop shops from cigarette coupons and discounts to respect, and puts forward the minimum price of cigarettes, but it is lower than the current interest rate is now in many cities.
Although some research focuses on cigarette advertising and children under the age of 11 to 15 English study published last month in the journal tobacco control, just noticed that tobacco products on display every young man visited the workshop put forward the possibility of him or at least, she will try smoking three times, compared to their peers, they never notice.
"What's exciting new New York city's suggestion is that one of the most comprehensive suite of tobacco control laws and regulations, affect shop or retail store," said Kurt than the west, a professor of public health and cancer prevention specialists at the university of north Carolina. In addition, cigarette recognition can trigger impulse buying those trying to quit smoking, he and the municipal government officials said.
According to the American association of cancer disease cancer action network, the American lung association, other anti-smoking groups and some of the city council praised bloomberg's announcement, in queens hospital (Monday). City council speaker Christine quinn, main is to control the vote, through her office, she said, "to support the goal of these bills", but said that they will get a comprehensive review.
Bans showing cigarettes as follows similar laws in Iceland, Canada, the UK and Ireland, but it is the first such measures in the United States, its aim is to discourage teen smoking.
"Such shows that smoking is a normal activity," Bloomberg said. "They invite the youth and the experiment of tobacco.
However, smokers and the cigarette sellers said that the measure was passed.
"I don't agree that smoking itself is a risk, but it is a legitimate product, said:" Audrey silk, who is under a smokers rights groups filed a lawsuit, requirements stipulated in the city than ever before. "Tobacco normal century...... this is what he is doing, this is not normal."
Are expected to be introduced to the city council on Wednesday, anti-smoking advice is to establish a good reputation as a public health crusaders, the mayor does not support the close after a high-profile setbacks, a symbol of last week, when the judge down city new efforts, the ban on large, sugary beverages. The city decided to appeal.
"We're taking these healthy things to save lives," he said, on Monday.
A billionaire bloomberg, also gave $600 million of his own money in the anti - smoking all over the world work, started a tobacco use, shortly after he became mayor in 2002. Adults smoking rates have fallen by nearly a third - from 21.5% in 2002 to 14.8% in 2011, the health and psychological health secretary Thomas Farley said the doctor.
But youth rate unchanged, at 8.5%, since 2007. About 28000 municipal public high school students had tried smoking history for the first time in 2011, city officials said.
Bars on the in-store advertising plus measures in other countries, but these countries have different advertising and freedom of speech legal standards. New York proposal will still allow the store display cigarette advertising and the sign said, the sale of tobacco products, improve the problem, how to effectively will just put the products under wraps.
Convenience store owner, however, worry that it might affect their business, may let the customer not sure whether their own brand stores, make them wait, and all the people dug a pack, Leonard, as Jeff said, a spokesman for the national association of convenience stores.
"Slow down the transaction, we is the name of convenience stores," he said.
Jay Kim, who owned a deli 34th street in Manhattan, seen as a bid net fine suggestion.
"I know the city to receive the money," he said, in his shop, where packet of cigarettes can see behind the counter, as many signs that warn of danger, smoking, banning sales to minors.
Bloomberg, he stressed that the money is for this reason. "
Monitor will check the store to check the normal part of the city; Information of the potential penalties and were not immediately available Monday night. Repeated violation of other provisions, including a ban on the lowest price and coupon, some stores closed.
Will be free from display ban, make more than half of the revenue comes from tobacco products store. Customers under the age of 18, the legal age for buying cigarettes in New York, not from the store without parents.
Although the federal government regulation of tobacco, the country said there are some rules on how to sell.
Anti-smoking regulations of New York city, court challenge to survive. But a federal appeals court said, last year, the city can't make terrible images showing the tobacco retailers, diseased lungs and rotten teeth. In this case, the court ruled that the federal government can decide how to warn people of the dangers of smoking.
America's largest tobacco company said, the latest proposal is too much, too.
"To a certain extent, the proposed law would prohibit adult tobacco consumers present products, we believe that it has gone too far, said," the spokesman, David Sutton, located in Richmond, Virginia, altria group co., LTD., the parent company of Philip morris USA, which makes the top-selling marlboro brand. Sutton, points out that the company's federal legislation in 2009 to the United States food and drug administration (FDA) power management of tobacco products, including a variety of retail.
Smokers in New York city has been facing some cigarette price is the highest. With city and state tax to $5.85 a pack of, a pack of $13 or more in Manhattan's case is not rare. Proposed is the minimum price of $10.50, including tax, city officials said, this is the main purpose is to crack down on smuggling and tax exemption of cigarette sales.
Bloomberg has been advocated by other public health measures, including the pressure, make
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