The researchers found that the vast majority of retailers that sell tobacco, albeit out of view, had prominent displays of e-cigarettes (used as a smoking cessation aid) and smoking paraphernalia, such as cigarette lighters.
Displays of tobacco products at the point of sale in retail stores are banned in many countries, because of their potential link to the harmful habit of increased smoking and higher susceptibility to smoking in children.
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