FUMING shopkeepers have warned that banning the display of cigarettes could put stores out of business. The proposal is part of the Department of Health's consultation, to be launched later this spring, which looks at ways to stop children smoking. The relevant legislation could be introduced in the autumn. But shopkeepers in the borough say the move could kill off small businesses. Newsagent Douglas Hepburn, who has been running Mayfair News, in King Street, South Shields, for the last five years warned the new plans could put new and small firms out of business. He said: "It's going to kill small papershops. "cigarettes are our biggest turn over but give the smallest profit. They are taxed up to the hilt and the only one making any money out of them is the Government.