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Plain packaging will cost taxpayers: BATA

Published January 16, 2015 | By

Scott McIntyre from British American Tobacco Australasia says the Federal Government’s plain cigarette packaging proposal will have serious consequences.
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The plain facts of tobacco packaging

Published September 22, 2014 | By

Moves to impose plain packaging for cigarettes, including Australia’s 2012 legislation on standardised packaging and the recent UK commitment to do the same,…

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Tobacco giants fight packaging laws in court

Published September 16, 2014 | By

Four major tobacco companies are appealing against the Federal Government’s plain packaging legislation in the High Court.
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The recent Federal Transportation Bill was passed & tucked away inside this bill was a short paragraph which changed the definition of a “cigarette manufactu…
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Ireland first country in the EU to introduce legislation on plain packaging for tobacco products

Published September 9, 2014 | By

Health Minister James Reilly. announced today that the Government has approved the publication of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill …

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