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Iceland Debates Making Cigarettes Prescription-Only

Country will consider banning normal sales

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 5, 2011 8:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – In Iceland, you may soon need to head to the pharmacy to get your cigarettes. The country is considering a counter-intuitive measure that would make cigarettes a prescription-only product. The bill would ban the sale of cigarettes anywhere except pharmacies, and would initially require pharmacies...   Read full story »

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