The Conservative Party has reiterated its plans to forge ahead with plain cigarette packaging legislation as well as promoting “clear food information”. In a section on health in its new manifesto, the party states: ...
Making a case against plain cigarette packaging in the Commercial Court, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Ireland, a distributor of well-known tobacco brands, has argued that being a member of the European Union (EU), Ireland can not ...
A series of 14 peer reviewed research papers have found that plain cigarette packaging in Australia has been a success as it has reduced the appeal of smoking among adolescents and also prompted smokers to quit. The findings of the ...
Britain’s MPs have voted in favour of the introduction of plain standardised cigarette packaging from May 2016. Once implemented, England will be the third country to introduce such a law after Australia and Ireland. While this ...
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Ireland has passed a new law introducing plain tobacco packaging, becoming the first country in the EU, under which all forms of branding, including logos and colours for cigarette packs will be prohibited. The new law, which prompts the ...
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A recent research has revealed that plain tobacco packaging has the potential to reduce the likelihood of smokers seeking to obtain cigarettes by almost 10% compared to branded packs. The Universities of Exeter and Bristol released the ...
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The Welsh government has confirmed it will implement the UK government’s proposed regulation for standardised packaging of all cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco products. Last week, the UK government confirmed its plans to ...
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South Africa is set to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes by 2015, according to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. Although investigation has been continuing on the ban of Australia's tobacco branding by World Trade Organisation ...
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Ireland Health Minister Dr James Reilly is set to bring the draft for plain cigarette packaging to Cabinet for approval. If approved by Cabinet and enacted by the Oireachtas, the new law will see the ban on the use of any logos on ...
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Ireland is all set to introduce plain cigarette packaging and uniform labeling and will become the first country in the European Union to ban branding on packages. All trademarks, logos, colors and graphics from tobacco products will be ...
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Australia objected to Ukraine’s request to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), to set up a panel to hear a dispute on Australia’s plain cigarette packaging rules. Though Ukraine has not much of cigarette trade with Australia, ...
The idea of introducing plain packaging for cigarettes is likely to lead to a rise in youth smoking, according to a report by Adam Smith Institute, a free market think-tank. The report insists that the replacement of all brand packaging ...
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