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Imperial plans to fight cigarette vending ban

December 3rd, 2010 | Add a Comment

Imperial Tobacco producer of Davidoff cigarettes plans to appeal against a ruling by the High Court yesterday which upheld the Government’s plan to ban vending machines in order to stop children buying cigarettes. The National Association of Cigarette Machine Operators (Nacmo) argued that there was absolutely no need to impose the ban because it had designed and developed a fail-safe radio frequency system which “locked” machines and prevented minors from making a purchase. But a judge ruled against the operators. The ban is due to be introduced from 1 October and would affect about 50,000 vending machines. Nacmo says the industry’s annual margin is about £102m. … Read entire article »

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Development in tobacco law changing

June 30th, 2010 | Add a Comment

The Scottish press reports that Imperial Tobacco, “one of the world’s largest tobacco firms” , has launched a legal challenge against Scotland’s ban on displays of tobacco and cigarette vending machines. According to the Scottish Daily Express, the company “is seeking to have the legislation set aside in a judicial review, claiming the measures are beyond the legal scope of Holyrood.” Imperial, said the Herald, believe that if the measures comes into force it would criminalise currently lawful activities over the sale and display of tobacco products. It maintains that the display ban and outlawing of cigarette vending machines is a means of regulating sale and supply of goods to consumers, which is a matter reserved to the Westminster Parliament.It is also claimed that the bans would modify freedom-of-trade provisions under the 1707 Act of … Read entire article »

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Imperial tobacco overturn plans to ban cigarette vending machines

June 25th, 2010 | Add a Comment

Imperial tobacco is the manufcaturer of West cigarettes is taking legal action to overturn plans to stop the open display of cigarettes and cigars in shops and to ban cigarette vending machines in Scotland.The company claims that the Scottish parliament, which approved the measures earlier this year, does not have the legislative competence to prohibit tobacco displays and cigarette vending machines.The legal challenge, which will be heard next week in the Scottish civil courts, the court of session, is the latest attempt by the industry to prevent sweeping new controls of the sale of tobacco coming into force across the UK. In April, Imperial began legal proceedings to block a similar ban on displays in England and Wales, which comes into force in October 2011 under the Health Act 2009. In February … Read entire article »

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