Proposed Policy: Removing the display of tobacco products at the point of sale

It's aim is also to create a supportive environment for people who want to stop smoking, while minimising bureaucracy for retailers.

Research shows that displays of tobacco products promote tobacco use. Display of tobacco encourages young people to try smoking and undermines the efforts of people who want to quit smoking by prompting impulse buys. Openly displaying tobacco products in shops across Wales seriously challenges the public health message that smoking is dangerous and addictive.

The tobacco-related provisions in the Health Act 2009 introduce a general prohibition of the display of tobacco products in the course of retail business. This means that shops and other businesses will no longer be able to have tobacco products, such as packs of cigarettes, on permanent view.