Further evidence that tobacco advertising in stores undermines attempts to stop smoking.. Professor Janet Hoek of Massey University...

February 7, 2008 - Further evidence that tobacco advertising in stores undermines attempts to stop smoking.. Professor Janet Hoek of Massey University, who led the study, said, "A strong theme of the 20 participants' views was that prohibiting retail displays of tobacco would protect young people." Nearly a third of smokers in the study agreed that removing the displays would help them to quit. There is international evidence that retail tobacco displays and other forms of retail marketing increase susceptibility to smoking, the commencement of smoking by children, and the establishment in children's minds of smoking as a "normal" behaviour. Australian research published last year found that 40 per cent of smokers who were trying to stop or reduce smoking were tempted to buy a pack when they saw a retail display. Click on image to enlarge.. - Some related news briefs: Youth exposed to smokeless tobacco ads despite settlement…, Ireland to ban tobacco displays.., an Nova Scotia (NS) - ban on point of sale tobacco advertising.. Cigarette retail marketing practices increase the likelihood of youth smoking.. . Click on image to enlarge..