Sentences with phrase «plain packs»

The tobacco industry is fighting moves to sell cigarettes in plain packs by claiming food manufacturers will be hit next.

Admittedly, some of the data we have about the effect of plains packs is of passing interest.

So let's be clear: there is no evidence plain packs work.

One thing is certainly true: if plain packs had a marked effect on public health we'd have heard about it.

The introduction of plain packs would make all cigarettes and packets look the same.

Today, it is because of postponed plans for plain packs.

The flip side is that government U-turns on plain packs, minimum alcohol pricing, fracking and gambling all seem to bear his mark too.

Research also indicates that smokers, especially those ages 18 to 29, found the new plain packs less appealing.

Plain packs suggest the consumer needs to be propagandised for the entirety of their contact with the product.

That's why the debate over plain packs matters, whether you're a smoker, a non-smoker or someone who doesn't see what the fuss is about.

Plans to introduce plain packs had considerable momentum behind them but were postponed indefinitely while ministers observed what the effect of a similar policy was in Australia.

Cameron was repeatedly asked about whether he had ever had a conversation with Crosby, who works one day a week for the Tories, about plain packs during PMQs today, but he appeared to evade the question.

While I don't expect plain packs to have a dramatic impact on adult smokers, I suspect it will act as a trigger for those already thinking about quitting and help quitters stay quit.

Australia became the first country to impose blanket plain packs recently and is now facing significant legal challenges.

At one point it celebrates the fact that public support for the policy in Australia has risen from 28 % to 51 % since plain packs were introduced.

It ignores the facts - that illicit tobacco has been in sustained decline for more than a decade, and that the claimed relationship with health measures like plain packs or tax hikes do not stand up to scrutiny.

It's impossible to disentangle the effect of plain packs from other measures imposed by the Australian government, such as a massive hike in excise duty.

The ultimate Kong in my house may contain a blob of peanut butter over the narrow opening as a plug and then I stand it up and fill with any combination of yogurt (just absolutely NOTHING labeled as sugar free or using sugar substitutes, these are very dangerous for dogs), plain pack pumpkin (NOT the pie filling with sugars and spices, just plain pumpkin), bananas, cheerios, kibble and more peanut butter.

I don't believe for a second that this is a slippery slope and that I will be selling chocolate bars or crisps in plain packs in years to come, as the tobacco companies are claiming.

With little evidence plain packs have reduced smoking, anti-tobacco campaigners are getting increasingly desperate with their data

And using these images as a prominent reason for plain packs is unhelpful.

But there is, as the prime minister is well aware, no evidence linking Crosby, the prime minister and the coalition's U-turn on plain packs.

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.

TMA suggested that plain packs would «likely lead to yet further increases in the illicit trade in tobacco products by making them much easier for a counterfeiter to copy than existing branded packs.»

The success of the plain packs campaign marks an important stage in the eventual battle to criminalise tobacco.

Health professionals want the government to speed up plain packs - but the evidence from Australia suggests they increase smoking

The UK is about to switch to plain packs - but the data coming from the Australian experiment isn't very convincing

Neither am I convinced that plain packs will lead to a massive increase in illegal tobacco.

Plain packs would cause no confusion or extra costs for small businesses like mine.

It's no more difficult selling a plain pack than a branded pack.

A plain pack is, if you will forgive the pun, one that more young people won't want to be seen dead with, as well as making health warnings stand out more.

«We are delighted that this government is putting us on track to be the first European country tobacco to put tobacco in plain packs.

Even if it doesn't reduce smoking, plain packs might show us what fools branding makes of us.

Displays of tobacco in shops will go and the government will consider whether cigarettes should be sold in plain packs.

It is also still hard to say how much Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers and their families have benefited from Australia's world - leading mainstream tobacco control public health policies (plain packs, tax rises, TV campaigns, and smokefree regulations) and access to mainstream cessation support.