[H2]Ban sale of tobacco in pharmacies, NDP urges[/H2] [DIV id=author]
[DIV id=article style="FONT-SIZE: 100%"][!-- Summary --] [!-- dateline --]Victoria[!-- /dateline --] -- The NDP has introduced a private member's bill to ban tobacco sales in pharmacies.
Opposition health critic David Cubberley said yesterday that the aim is to make it tougher for young people to buy tobacco. "It's something that pharmacists are asking for and have been for a long time," he said. "They don't believe they should be vending tobacco on the same premises that they're selling things that contribute to health."
[!-- /Summary --] Health Minister George Abbott said Mr. Cubberley's bill is a worthy idea but disagrees that it's universally supported by pharmacists. CP
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