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Canadian Government Moves Ahead with Failed Plain Packaging Policy
May 14, 2018The Canadian government passed legislation to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products despite evidence that the policy doesn't work and is not supported by Canadians. A study by Forum Research shows Canadians believe requiring ...
Tags: Plain Packaging, Packaging
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Research Says Canadians Believe Plain Packaging for Tobacco Waste of Government Resources
Nov 7, 2017Forum Research study has revealed that majority of people in Canada consider plain packaging for cigarettes is an unnecessary waste of government resources. Commissioned by JTI, the new research showed that eight out of ten Canadians ...
Tags: Plain Packaging, packaging
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Tobacco Launches a Major Legal Assault Against The UK Government's Packaging Legislation
May 25, 2015Tobacco companies are reportedly launching a major legal assault against the UK government’s standardised packaging legislation According to the Daily Telegraph, the move could be one of the biggest ever legal claims ...
Tags: Tobacco Firms, Plain Packs
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Plain Tobacco Pack and Clear Food Labelling
Apr 16, 2015The 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: ...
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JTI Ireland Challenges Plain Cigarette Packaging Bill in Court
Apr 15, 2015Making 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 ...
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Plain Cigarette Packaging Reduced The Appeal of Smoking Among Adolescents
Mar 23, 2015A 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 ...
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Anti Smoking Groups Are Lobbying for Passing Plain Tobacco Packaging Legislation
Mar 4, 2015Anti smoking groups in New Zealand are lobbying with the government to speed up the procedure for passing plain tobacco packaging legislation. Last week, Ireland successfully passed the plain tobacco packaging legislation, becoming the ...
Tags: Tobacco, Plain Packaging
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Cigarette Giant JTI Threatens Legal Action Against Irish Government Over Plain Packaging
Feb 26, 2015Cigarette giant Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has threatened to take legal action against the Irish government if it doesn't stop work over plain packaging legislation for cigarettes. JTI Ireland, one of the biggest producers of ...
Tags: Cigarette, Tobacco, Plain Packaging
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Northern Ireland Will Implement UK's Standardised Cigarette Packaging Legislation
Feb 5, 2015The Northern Ireland government has confirmed it will implement the UK-wide proposed regulations on standardised packaging for cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco. The decision comes after the Welsh government gave its consent last week ...
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Wales Supports UK's Standardised Cigarette Packaging Legislation
Feb 2, 2015The 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 ...
Tags: Cigarette Packaging Legislation, tobacco products, Agriculture
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A New Regulation in UK to Ban Cigarette Branding
Jan 26, 2015A new regulation by the UK government will ban cigarette branding and force tobacco firms to implement standardised packaging of all cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco for retail sale. The move by the government is in line with ...
Tags: Tobacco Products, retail sale, Agriculture
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Indonesia Win Right to Seek a Ruling by WTO on Australia's Tobacco Plain-Packaging Laws
Oct 21, 2014In 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 ...
Tags: Packaging Laws
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Standardised Packaging Laws Contested by Cuba, Indonesia
Oct 15, 2014Cuba, Indonesia, Honduras, Dominican Republic and Ukraine have contested the standardised packaging laws, calling them an illegal restriction on trade, but the panel of judges said there won’t be a WTO ruling until at the first half ...
Tags: Tobacco Pack Laws, packaging
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Daily Smoking Prevalence Stood at 15.1% and Has Now Fallen to 12.8% in Australia
Aug 19, 2014Before 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 ...
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The Aversion Packaging Movement Is Growing in Strength Worldwide
Jul 2, 2014When 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 ...