Free speech, trademarks (
plain cigarette packs, particularly) and civil liberties are going to hell in a hand basket, and we need smart, outspoken defenders like you guys.
12:30 - Kevin Barron, on Labour's benches, asks if Lynton Crosby has lobbied him on
plain cigarette packs.
Conclusive new evidence has emerged of the public health impact of
plain cigarette packs, two years after they were introduced in Australia.
A rare chance for cooperation could see Tory eurosceptics and EU bureaucrats defeat
plain cigarette packs
The prime minister has been asked whether he discussed
plain cigarette packs with election guru and tobacco lobbyist Lynton Crosby at least 12 times, and each time he has replied using what appears to be a form of evasion.
Lynton Crosby is expected to drop his work for private firms, amid a continued row over whether he convinced David Cameron to drop plans for
plain cigarette packs.
Andrew Lansley became significantly more likely to introduce
plain cigarette packs today, following a landmark ruling in an Australian court.
Not exact matches
As the smoke rises from the battle over
plain -
pack cigarettes, a dark contest between healthy policy and healthy profits burns on.
If Canada succeeds in its own new front - of -
pack labelling initiative, this could incentivize other countries to follow suit, setting in motion a global cascade similar to what occurred with
cigarette packaging: From simple warnings, to stomach - churning photos, to
plain, nondescript packaging.
Research tells us that
plain, standard
packs make
cigarettes less attractive and help reduce the number of young people who start smoking.
Five: New
plain packs «evidence» is worthy of a laugh and little else We were less than impressed with the evidence on offer in a new report intended to nudge the UK toward imposing plan
packs on
cigarettes.
Displays of tobacco in shops will go and the government will consider whether
cigarettes should be sold in
plain packs.
«Smokers will spend around # 2000 a year on
cigarettes as
plain, standardized
packs come into full force.»
The tobacco industry is fighting moves to sell
cigarettes in
plain packs by claiming food manufacturers will be hit next.
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.
New research suggests that the 2012 introduction of
plain packaging and larger pictorial health warnings on
cigarette and tobacco
packs is proving useful for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isl... Read more