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James Filleul from the Channel Islands Tobacco Retail Association said there was no evidence to suggest it would work.
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Each year about 320 million handmade cigars--not the manufactured kind sold in convenience stores--are sold in the United States, according to the Retail Tobacco Dealers Association (RTDA).
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He previously noted that the company supported federal legislation that in 2009 gave the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products, which includes various retail restrictions.
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The mayor's office said retail stores could still advertise tobacco products under the legislation.
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Under the bill, a minimum retail price will be set for tobacco and its sale and advertising will be restricted.
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That leaves it focused on the U.S. tobacco market, where it controls 49% of the retail cigarette market with its Marlboro, Virginia Slims, and Parliament brands, and 54.5% of the much smaller smokeless tobacco market with its Skoal and Copenhagen brands.
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New prevention efforts include addressing marketing practices aimed at children like banning fruit and candy flavored cigarettes and working with states to keep tobacco out of the hands of kids by increasing enforcement at the retail level.
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Product labeling requirements, as well as marketing, branding and retail display restrictions, are proven to reduce youth access to tobacco products and impulse tobacco purchases.
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Altria Group is the parent company of Philip Morris which is the largest tobacco company in the U.S. with close to 50% of the retail market share in the U.S. cigarettes market, of which Marlboro commands a giant share of more than 42%.
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