In an agreement intended to reduce internet access to cigarettes by underage smokers, UPS will stop delivering cigarettes to U.S. consumers, Reuters reports (via MediaBuyerPlanner). The agreement between the world's largest package shipping company and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, follows a similar deal with DHL.

The decision came as UPS has had to deal with a patchwork of state and local laws regarding shipping of cigarettes, many of which have been enacted in the past two years.

The agreement does not prohibit UPS from making lawful shipments of cigarettes to licensed tobacco businesses and other authorized recipients.