The government may be about to risk billions of pounds in lawsuits, as it mulls whether to ban
branded cigarette packets.
Not exact matches
Australia banned
branded tobacco products in 2012, and just last year the UK made a similar move by ordering that all
cigarettes and tobacco be sold in plain green
packets adorned with graphic images of smoke - induced ailments.
Pressure is growing for the government to rid
cigarette packets of their designs and
branding ahead of a parliamentary vote next month.
For 4 weeks, smokers were given their preferred
brand of
cigarettes in packaging that had been modified; some
packets contained warning text only - such as «
cigarettes cause fatal lung disease» - some contained warning text plus one of nine graphics depicting the dangers of smoking, while others consisted of warning text, graphics plus additional text detailing the risk of every
cigarette smoked.