City attorneys had contended that the public trusts pharmacies as health-promoting businesses and that the sale of tobacco by drugstores "sends an implicit message that smoking is acceptable." Extending the ban in the future to big-box stores is under consideration, they said.
The ban has also been challenged in federal court by the Richmond, Va.-based tobacco company Philip Morris on grounds it violates the company's First Amendment right to free speech, by ending cigarette advertising and displays in stores.
Reference: Judge clears the way for San Francisco's ban on cigarette sales at pharmacies, Bay City News Service, MercuryNews.com, 09/30/2008.
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