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.
Which is why Lynton Crosby, who is a tobacco lobbyist, got into the headlines when the coalition government decided to drop its plans
for plain packaging of
cigarettes.
David Cameron has repeatedly failed to confirm he did not talk to tobacco lobbyist Lynton Crosby about the coalition's decision to drop its
plain packaging plans
for cigarettes.
Many fail to realise that the UK has driven multiple progressive policies aimed at improving the health of the population, whether
plain packaging for cigarettes, minimum pricing units
for alcohol, or the most recent sugar tax.
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.
Groups supporting the rights of people to smoke have started a «coalition of the sane», as they try to prevent the introduction of
plain packaging for cigarettes.
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.
The party supports
plain packaging for cigarettes, though MPs have already voted in favour of this, and the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have all passed legislative consent motions to apply the changes.
Andrew Lansley is edging towards
plain cigarette packaging to de-glamourise them, but he has also resisted the traffic light method of labelling unhealthy food
for busy mums.
The UK parliament has voted overwhelmingly to support the introduction of
plain packaging for cigarettes and other tobacco products — and the Public Health Minister announced that she hoped to publish draft regulations
for consultation before the end of April.
The implementation of
plain packaging for cigarette packs in the United Kingdom exactly one year ago was a huge step backwards
for the country that historically has pioneered trade mark usage rights.
If the prospect of a personal injury claim against an e-cigarette manufacturer seems too remote a prospect at present, it is perhaps more certain that «big tobacco» will be back in court over the next 12 months, with BAT promising to resist any legislation
for plain packaging of conventional
cigarettes, and to counter moves to more closely regulate e-cigarette marketing.
Meanwhile, following the conclusion of an inquiry led by Sir Cyril Chantler, the government is under renewed pressure to legislate
for plain packaging for old style
cigarettes.
New research suggests that the 2012 introduction of
plain packaging and larger pictorial health warnings on
cigarette and tobacco packs is proving useful
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Meanwhile Australia's legal bill
for defending its
cigarette plain packaging legislation, in a case brought by Philip Morris, has hit the papers this week as the cost nears $ 50 million.