He does not believe more people are quitting smoking, but thinks they are just going elsewhere to buy contraband cigarettes.
"That's what I think is the most important issue at this point," he said.
Smith said the ban is a "tough, new law that we feel will protect youth and prevent the kind of impulse buy that drives some teens to start smoking. It's an important health issue and we're glad that several stores have decided to take their power walls down even before they had to."
Mall said the MLHU is anticipating a 95 to 96 per cent compliance rate in the London area. Tobacco control officers have already been visiting stores and sending out letters educating owners about the upcoming ban.
Under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, which has been in effect for two years now, London's compliance rate is slightly higher than 88 per cent, which is the province-wide compliance rate, Mall said.
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