Singapore bans cigarette displays in stores

Singaporean retailers will have to keep tobacco products out of sight from early next year. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: From early next year, retailers here will have to keep tobacco products out of sight, following amendments to the law approved in the island nation's parliament on Monday.

The ban on the display of such products is intended to prevent impulse buys, especially among young people who have not yet picked up smoking.