The London councils of Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth and Lewisham have formed a partnership to tackle the trade of 114m illicit cigarettes which are estimated to be sold in the area each year
The mayor on Wednesday announced his support for a package of City Council bills aimed at cutting the number of smokers by 160,000 by 2020 including hiking the minimum price for a pack from $10.50 to $13, capping the number of retailers in each neighborhood that can sell tobacco, banning pharmacies like Duane Reade from selling smokes, and regulating e-cigarettes in the same way as cigarettes
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The most commonly expressed view was that established smokers, including some study participants, would continue to smoke as the health effects of smoking were widely known, changing the pack would not discourage addicted smokers and packs could be hidden
