Politics | Mayor Bloomberg Next on Bloomberg's Agenda: Hide Cigarettes Proposed 'Tobacco Product Display Bill' would take them out of sight By Kate Seamons Posted Mar 18, 2013 11:44 AM CDT Copied In this Nov. 12, 2012 file photo, packs of cigarettes are seen on display. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) The big-sugary-drink fracas apparently has not demoralized Michael Bloomberg. The NYC mayor's latest crusade has him again targeting cigarettes, this time pushing legislation that would prohibit tobacco products from being kept in plain sight in stores. Under the Tobacco Product Display Bill, most stores would instead have to house them under a counter or in a cabinet, for instance. The only time customers would be permitted to lay eyes on them is during purchase or when they're being restocked, reports the Post. The ban, which would be the first of its kind in America, would protect "young and impressionable New Yorkers," says Bloomberg, per NBC News. "Such displays suggest smoking is a normal activity and invite young people to experiment with tobacco." Read These Next Details trickle out on 2 more victims of the Minneapolis shooting. Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. The Air Force has changed its tune on Ashli Babbitt. One key to Telsa's huge court loss: a hacker in Starbucks. Report an error