A ban on displaying tobacco products in stores is putting money from tills straight into the pockets of criminals, shopkeepers claimed today.

The maker of Marlboro cigarettes today mounted a legal challenge to overturn the country’s ban on advertising tobacco products in shops.

A HIGH COURT challenge against the law prohibiting the display of cigarettes in shops has been described by ASH Ireland as ridiculous.

Tobacco giant Phillip Morris is to launch a legal challenge against the ban on display of tobacco products in Irish shops.