Call to extinguish cigarette vending machines

Smokers are encouraged to light up by cigarette vending machines, researchers say. (Regi Varghese/AAP PHOTOS)

Hundreds of venues across Australia are still selling cigarettes from vending machines and cancer researchers want them gone - no ifs or butts.

Research done by university professors examined the attitudes of more than 800 owners and managers of alcohol-licensed premises in NSW, Queensland and WA.