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MPs attacked agencies working on tobacco accounts as moves to ban tobacco advertising cleared its crucial House of Commons hurdle this week.
The Tobacco Advertising and Promotions Bill, already passed by the Lords after being introduced by the Liberal Democrats, was given a second reading in the Commons. MPs voted 349 to 130 to reject a Tory opposition move to block the measure.
The Bill will now be examined by a committee of MPs and ministers hope it will become law this summer, with the ban being implemented in the autumn, forcing tobacco companies to end poster, press and internet ads as well as direct marketing.
The health minister, Yvette Cooper, praised the influential work of the Commons Health ...