Sentences with phrase «plain cigarette packets»

The letter comes amid a growing row about whether the election strategist, who is also a lobbyist for a large tobacco firm, had an influence on the coalition's decision to drop plans for plain cigarette packets.

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Figures from Australia - which imposed plain packaging three years before the UK - found that restricting the colour, size and font on cigarette packets led to a noticeable drop in the number of people smoking.

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.