In March this year, Indonesia won the right to seek a ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Australia's tobacco plain-packaging laws. The WTO's disputes settlement body agreed to set up an independent panel of trade and legal ...
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Before the measure was introduced in December 2012, daily smoking prevalence stood at 15.1% and has now fallen to 12.8%, the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey reveals. Standardised packaging is the only new policy intervention ...
Packaging machinery refers to the machine which is able to complete all or part of the product and commodity packaging. The packaging process including filling, wrapping, sealing and other associated processes, such as cleaning, stacking ...
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Using plain packaging for cigarettes has resulted in 15% drop in smoking rate in Australia, according to a survey. The survey, which was carried on people aged 14 years and above in December 2013, found that plain packaging had ...
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When the UK government's plans to introduce aversion packaging on cigarettes began its fight with Big Tobacco at the beginning of June, a battle broke out in Australia too. It took two weeks for the Australian government to quash it. By ...
University College London researchers published their study whose results show that users of ecigarettes who want to quit smoking are 60% more likely to succeed than when they use NRTs or simple willpower. Like other aspects of ecigarettes, ...
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"Ireland will be the first country in the European Union to introduce such legislation and the third country worldwide. Australia introduced plain packaging legislation in November 2011 and the New Zealand Bill had its first reading in ...
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Invented in China in 2003 with the idea to revolutionize the world of smoking , the electronic cigarette has become a high-profile star ten years later . Currently , it is often in the news . Everyone also knows the dangers of tobacco but ...
Electronic cigarette merchants Ohio was afraid to solidify a business plan tax of their products , but supporters of the tax , including John Kasich of the governor , please refer to the broader benefits for Ohioans.Is a review of the ...
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The CTU have today presented to the health select committee in support of plain packaging of tobacco. "Any steps that can be taken to lower smoking rates will result in New Zealand workers and their families having healthier and better ...
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Peers voted in favour of an amendment to the Children and Families Bill which would allow the quick introduction of plain packs if it became government policy. James Lowman, ACS chief executive, said: “If the government becomes ...
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China's tobacco industry generated almost 956 billion yuan ($157 billion) in taxes and profits in 2013, up 10.5 percent year-on-year, an official said on Thursday. The industry handed over 816 billion yuan in profits and taxes to the ...
Tags: tobacco industry, China's Coffers