Imperial Tobacco challenge to display ban dismissed by Supreme Court

The UK Supreme Court has found that sections 1 and 9 of the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010 are within  the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.

(Section 1 of the 2010 Act prohibits the display of tobacco products in a place where tobacco products are offered for sale. Section 9 prohibits vending machines for the sale of tobacco products)

A summary of the judgement is available from the Supreme Court here.

The full judgement is available here.

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