Sentences with phrase «plain packaging legislation»

Writing in the Medical Journal of Australia about the flurry of misleading and contradictory information that followed the introduction of tobacco plain packaging legislation in Australia, veteran anti-smoking campaigners Mike Daube and Simon Chapman said there was one sure fire way to know the policy was a public health winner.

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.

Eyes are now on the US and UK after Australia's High Court dismissed tobacco companies» challenge to plain packaging legislation

If we rush through plain packaging legislation we will never be able assess the impact of various strategies.

Of course, we're being far too tough on Big Tobacco, as so many contemptuous refer to it, after the failure of its high court challenge to the plain packaging legislation.

And, most recently, the government has introduced plain packaging legislation.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

After 20 May 2017, new legislation will require tobacco to be sold in standardised (plain) packaging across the UK.

Following the introduction of plain packaging for tobacco products in some countries and calls to extend the legislation to other sectors, Brand Finance has analysed the potential financial impact of such a policy on food and beverage brands in four categories: alcohol, confectionery, savoury...

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.

Following the introduction of plain packaging for tobacco products in some countries and calls to extend the legislation to other sectors, Brand Finance has analysed the potential financial impact of such a policy on food and beverage brands in four categories: alcohol, confectionery, savoury snacks, and sugary drinks.