Will Plain Cigarette Packaging Help People To Stop Smoking ?
[ Posted in: Reasons To Quit Smoking, Big Tobacco on December 23rd, 2008 ]
Plain cigarette packaging is set to be the next battleground for anti-smoking groups in Australia, after they won another series of victories yesterday.
VicHealth chief executive Todd Harper said anti-smoking groups would lobby the Federal Government next year to legislate for plain cigarette packaging, which would show nothing but a large, graphic health warning and the name of the brand.
The State Government yesterday announced bans on smoking in cars containing children and in schoolyards. Retailers will also have to put cigarettes in a cupboard or under the counter, announced only by a plain sign and a price board.
Mr Harper said packaging would be the next focus: "The packet is where the tobacco industry positions a lot of the image and attributes that they want to appeal to existing and new smokers."
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