Sentences with phrase «introduced plain packaging»

When Australia introduced plain packaging for cigarettes, US manufacturer Philip Morris announced it would pursue all available legal means to prevent it.

And, most recently, the government has introduced plain packaging legislation.

For instance, in February 2013, New Zealand's Ministry of Health announced that the government planned to introduce plain packaging legislation, but indicated that it intended to wait until the ISDS case by Phillip Morris was decided.

The exchanges were dominated by Ed Miliband's suggestions that the Conservatives» general election adviser Lynton Crosby, a tobacco lobbyist, had influenced the government's decision to drop its plans to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes.

Some suspect him of being behind last week's decision by the government to shelve its plans to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes.

Campaigners are suspicious of his possible influence in the coalition's decision to omit a bill introducing plain packaging for all cigarettes in today's Queen's Speech.

Proposals to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes and moves to introduce a point - of - display ban have been unveiled on No Smoking Day.

On Friday, 50 MPs, including 34 Conservatives, wrote a letter to the Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, expressing their «serious concerns» with the Department of Health's proposal to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products.

Tobacco Manufacturers» Association chief executive Christopher Ogden comments on proposals to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products:

Glyn Roberts, chief executive of the Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association (NIIRTA) commented on government proposals to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products:

Civil liberties campaigning group Big Brother Watch commented on government proposals to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products:

Deborah Arnott, chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), commented on government proposals to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products:

Not exact matches

Reports that a consultation on introducing plain cigarette packaging was to be launched by the Department of Health in spring 2012 attracted strong criticism from the tobacco industry.

«There is no reliable evidence that plain packaging will have any public health benefit; no country in the world has yet to introduce it.

Smokers no longer derive a sense of identity from cigarette brands after plain packaging rule was introduced in Australia, helping them to kick the habit