Friday 14 September 2012

Norway rules in favor of tobacco display ban

Covered shelves with tobacco products are pictured inside a shop in Oslo OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian court has upheld a ban on displaying tobacco products in stores as part of policies to safeguard public health, dealing a blow to cigarette maker Philip Morris. Morris, maker of Marlboro cigarettes, which had claimed the ban violates a free trade agreement linking non-EU member Norway to the European Union's market rules, said it might appeal. "As the court sees it, the display ban is necessary and that there are no alternative, less intrusive measures that can have equivalent results," the court said. ...




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