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Andrew Lansley has repeatedly talked about being a health secretary who will give people a nudge rather than nanny them - the suggestion being Labour was very much a nannying party.

So when Labour first suggested the idea of banning the display of cigarettes and tobacco in shops to try and reduce the number of people who smoke, Lansley was opposed to the idea.

Fast forward through the election and Lansley's initial promises to be a nudger not a nanny, and we have the sight of the always-tanned health secretary saying he'll be banning the display of ciggies in shops.

According to the Department of Health, the Tobacco Control Plan (if that isn't a Nanny state term, I don't what is) aims to do the following:

The Tobacco Control Plan has three ambitions. These are to reduce smoking rates in England by the end of 2015 to:

18.5% or less among adults (from 21.2%)
12% or less among 15 year olds (from 15%)
11% or less among pregnant women (from 14%)