Singapore bans tobacco displays

Singapore will ban stores from displaying tobacco products, reports Channel News Asia. The city state’s Parliament today passed changes to the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Bill.

The ban will apply to all tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars and loose tobacco leaves. Under the new rules, general tobacco retailers will be required to use storage devices to keep tobacco products out of the direct line of sight of customers.

Retailers will have to use a text-only price list to communicate the tobacco products on sale with customers. Retailers will be allowed to publish the price list in each of the four official languages.

Tobacco retailers will be given a one-year grace period before the point-of-sale display ban takes effect.