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Thursday, December 01, 2011

Australia Bans Distinctive Cigarette Packaging — Should Others Follow?


A year from now, Australian smokers will have to look a whole lot harder to find their favorite brand of smokes. Thanks to a first-of-its-kind law to be implemented by December 2012, when they glance across the counter they'll be staring at rows of nearly identical, olive green cartons. In place of symbols or slogans, there will be graphic health warnings covering much of each pack.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That poor chap from England?

Cathy said...

the truth hurts... and its none too pretty either.