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While trying to ward off moves towards plain packaging in other countries, the tobacco industry's strategy may be sounding another death knell for itself in Australia, argues Professor... Read more

As reported in The Sydney Morning Herald, plain packaging in Australia has resulted in 100,000 fewer smokers in this country since 2012, even after controlling for other factors like excise tax increases.

Tobacco lobbyist Lynton Crosby should be «got rid of» because he poses a threat to public health in Britain, a Liberal Democrat peer has said, amid a Labour offensive on plain packaging in the Lords.

At the very least the government should wait until they are in a position to evaluate both the effect of plain packaging in Australia and the effects of British initiatives such as graphic tobacco health warnings and the imminent display ban.

The site details the tactics and techniques the tobacco industry and its allies employ to stall tobacco control measures, such as the introduction of plain packaging in the UK or Australia.

Not exact matches

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.

On top of that, he refused to keep stock on the shelf, instead making each store a kind of chic lab experience: a cool, minimalist space where ingredients are blended together on the spot, poured into plain glass bottles, wrapped in a brown paper package and custom labeled like a science project, with the date, scent and name of the buyer.

The package also contains bills directing agencies to craft the least costly rules possible, to publish cost estimates for rules in development, and to publish «plain language» summaries of proposed rules online, a salvo at the impenetrable verbal thickets that confound small - business owners, who typically handle compliance themselves.

Plain cigarette packaging could lead to fewer smokers, but fewer smokers would mean a significant drop in revenue, requiring other taxes to increase or government spending to decrease.

The task force released its report Tuesday on what cannabis legalization and regulation may look in Canada, including a number of measures to restrict access to minors, such as a ban on advertisements and sponsorships and the use of plain packaging devoid of brand colours or logos.

In Nancy's unique two - part package, you'll find two full ounces of real fruit lightly sweetened with pure honey and six ounces of Nancy's probiotic - rich plain yogurt.

The plain packaging measure allows manufacturers to only print the brand name in a mandated size.

Beat two 8 - ounce packages of Cabot Cream Cheese in a large bowl until creamy, adding in sugar, Cabot Plain Greek Yogurt, tapioca and eggs, and vanilla, beating and scraping sides of bowl in between the addition of each ingredient, as detailed in instructions below.

(He does the plain orange package, not the kind with raisins... he's in a «plain» phase right now.

I skip the fancy and frankly, expensive instant polenta that comes in a package in the specialty section of the grocery, and instead always reach for plain old yellow cornmeal.

Dominic Burke looks at how the move towards plain packaging could affect the drinks business and how it could also provide opportunity if approached in an innovative way that responds to consumer need

I also cut my recipe in half as it makes quite a lot, this is the whole recipe: 3 1/4 - 4 cups plain flour 1 1/2 cups chilled unsalted butter 2 packages active dry yeast (4 1/2 tsp) 1/2 cup warm water 1/2 cup heavy cream or undiluted evaporated milk 1/2 tsp freshly crushed cardamom seed (optional) 1/2 tsp salt 2 eggs, room temperature 1/4 cup sugar Directions would be the same as mine but start off with 3 1/2 cups of flour and add the eggs with the cream.

According to the Brand Finance report, published in December, eight leading brand - owning companies could stand to lose a total of US$ 187 billion should plain packaging be extended from tobacco to other FMCG products — putting spirits in the firing line.

Queensland, meanwhile, takes the national preference for «plain packaging» to another level, with residents in both rural and urban areas being more than twice as likely to opt for supermarket brands as they are for Bega.

Those in favour of more stringent packaging laws are advocating not just for increased information on drinks labels, but also for toned - down packaging, similar to that of tobacco.As of 2016, tobacco products in the UK are required to have a standard, plain packaging with graphic health warnings and stripped of any strong branding.

It follows years of successful campaigning for plain packaging on tobacco, which has already been implemented in several markets as governments try to reduce the number of «premature deaths» caused by smoking.

Waxman stressed, «Australia, a Trans - Pacific Partnership partner, has similarly faced challenges in the World Trade Organization to its tobacco control initiative that will require more visible health warnings and so - called plain packaging on tobacco products.»

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.

And there has been unease in Australia about whether the integrity of its plain packaging regime will be protected.

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.

And interesting presentation from Danone Waters showed how simply packaging innovations helped engage children in the «plain» water category, whilst Nestle offered an insight into how engaging packaging can help draw people to your products in an out - of - home environment.

So, when the Australia - India Institute tobacco control task force held a high - level launch of its policy document on plain packaging at the Press Club in New Delhi, we all waited intently for a response from the government and department of health and family welfare.

Australia is already having a painful experience with this type of clause — tobacco company Philip Morris Asia has commenced arbitration against the Australian government over its new plain packaging for tobacco products laws using a similar clause in an investment treaty between Australia and Hong Kong.

Skinny Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo Ingredients 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, grilled and cut into chunks (about 2 cups) 2 cups roasted broccoli florets 8 ounces fettuccine 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 teaspoons minced garlic 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup fat - free, low sodium chicken broth > 1/4 cup plain FAGE Total 0 % greek yogurt 1/4 cup skim milk 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 pinch ground nutmeg 3/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese Directions In a pot of boiling, salted water, cook the pasta according to package directions.

The younger generation of global smokers is the least likely to continue to buy their usual tobacco brand as plain packaging becomes more prevalent in the market.

Being one of the surprise package so far in Euro 2016, Iceland have gone far from being a plain underdog into an interesting side that are having strong confidence.

It comes in frustration free packaging that is easier to open in a plain brown box and works with help of 3AA batteries that must be bought additionally.

Sure, packages of plain white one - piece outfits or sweet silver rattles are terrific, but certain presents are worth their weight in gold, be they practical, personal, or just plain pampering.

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.

BAT claimed there was «no proof to suggest that the plain packaging of tobacco products will be effective in discouraging young people to smoke, encouraging existing smokers to quit, or increasing the effectiveness of health warnings.»

For example, Ireland has made tobacco - prohibiting law in all public places, and Australia, in order to curb its own tobacco epidemic, has comprehensively banned tobacco advertisement and has passed tobacco «plain packaging» legislation.

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.

The Department of Health have issued a press release in which the Minister of State for Health Promotion and the National Drugs Strategy, Catherine Byrne, welcomed the news that products using the new plain packaging can now be found in some outlets:

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

Over the timeframe of the analysis, the data does not demonstrate that there has been a change in smoking prevalence following the introduction of plain packaging.»

He will be worried about the effects of the Lynton Crosby controversy - in particular, about the claim that Government's cigarette plain packaging decision means that it doesn't care about smoking - related deaths.

All tobacco products sold in the UK will now come in plain standardized packaging, as decades of harmful marketing tactics by the tobacco industry draw to a close.

«The findings are consistent with recent, broader research that smokers were more likely to correctly identify that cigarette brands are equally harmful and similar in prestige after plain packaging was implemented,» said Dr. Maddox.

The research, published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, studied the effects of plain packaging on Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's perceptions of different brands being less harmful or more prestigious than others.

«Plain packaging effective in reducing misperceptions of tobacco products among Australian Indigenous.»

Following the introduction of plain packaging on tobacco products in 2012, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were 12 per cent less likely to think certain tobacco brands were less harmful than others, a new study found.

«The findings on Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people further support plain packaging and health warnings as an effective strategy in reducing global tobacco use.»

Deferring the decision on whether to impose plain packaging on cigarettes raises suspicions that the UK government has caved in to vested interests

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