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.
Not exact matches
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.
When Australia
introduced plain packaging for
cigarettes, US manufacturer Philip Morris announced it would pursue all available legal means to prevent 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