In 2013, sales of cigarettes rose 0.3% to figure of 21.1bn cigarettes, according to industry data provided by Marlboro maker Philip Morris International and reported in today’s Telegraph. The increase follows four straight years of ...
Anti-tobacco campaigners in India have started persuading the government to make it mandatory for using plain packaging for cigarettes, similar to that of Australia. The move is expected to reduce the number of smokers in the country and ...
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Packs of cigarettes containing less than 20 sticks and pouches less than 20g of tobacco are to be banned. The parliament also voted to ban methanol cigarettes and health warnings covering 65% of cigarette packs will be introduced by the EU. ...
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Packaging News sister magazine Independent Retail News has reported that the proposals from the EU Public Health Committee also include larger 75% health warnings on all tobacco packaging, the introduction of a standardised pack shape and ...
Tobacco companies have stated that plain packs could easily be copied, but a new report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health said security features could still be used on standard packs. The group said that public ...
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According to the report, a “senior Whitehall source” said that the government is convinced that branding is a key factor in why young people start to smoke. The source added that the legislation will follow Australia’s new ...
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The law change, which will be introduced later this year, will require all cigarette packs and tobacco pouches to carry graphic warnings and be stripped of branding, while tobacco brand names will have to be printed in standard font type ...
In a two-part series made exclusively by Watch Me Think, consumers in Australia and the UK share their views on what tobacco packaging, and the arrival of ‘plain’ packaging, means to them. The issue has caused controversy not ...
The Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association (TMA) said that plain tobacco packaging would hurt UK business. Terming plans to launch plain tobacco packs in Britain an "assault on UK business," TMA said it would only help drive up the ...