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Last Updated 11/08/2008 00:00
Retailers should hand over the profits they make from tobacco sales to fund tobacco control projects and reduce smoking rates, doctors have said.
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Last Updated 25/07/2008 00:00
Scottish Grocers' Federation (SGF) members in Dumfries have refused to take part in a voluntary police initiative to ban the sale of alcohol to under-21s.
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Last Updated 25/07/2008 00:00
The government is expected to demand this week that alcohol retailers should be governed by a strong code of practice.
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Last Updated 25/07/2008 00:00
London Mayor Boris Johnson has pledged his support to a scheme to stop off licences selling alcohol to anyone under 21 in problem areas of the capital.
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Last Updated 25/07/2008 00:00
Smoking among school children has fallen to its lowest level for 25 years, a study from the NHS Information Centre has revealed.
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Last Updated 25/07/2008 00:00
Education not legislation is needed to lower smoking rates in Britain, Martin Dockreall, head of policy at anti-smoking charity ASH, has said.
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Last Updated 25/07/2008 00:00
The Association of Convenience Stores has produced an online resource to help retailers decide their own policy for the use of plastic bags.
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Last Updated 25/07/2008 00:00
With under-age drinking verging on an epidemic, retailers of alcohol are under scrutiny like never before. Four C-Store Champions share their views on age-related..
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Last Updated 11/07/2008 00:00
An East London retailer has handed his entire stock of 300 lock knives to police in a stand against knife crime.
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Last Updated 11/07/2008 00:00
A c-store retailer is campaigning for the closure of a loophole in the law which makes buying authentic-looking but fake ID cards child's play.
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