Plain Cigarette Packaging

New Zealand said today it will introduce plain packaging on tobacco products, joining a growing list of countries planning similar measures despite the threat of legal action from the industry.

An Australian law requiring cigarettes to be sold in plain packaging has received a boost after an international tribunal said it would not hear a tobacco company's legal challenge.

Britain will become the first European Union nation to introduce plain packaging on cigarette packets after members of the House of Lords rubber-stamped a new law on Monday.

British lawmakers today voted in favour of forcing tobacco firms to sell cigarettes in plain packaging despite fierce opposition from the industry.

Australia will hike tobacco taxes by 12.5 percent per year over the next four years to boost its coffers and build on its plain packaging campaign against smoking, the government said Thursday.The excise increase will reap some Aus$5.3 billion (US$4.75...

Ireland is to become the first country in the European Union to ban branding on cigarette packages by using plain packaging and uniform labelling, the government said on Tuesday.

New Zealand said today it will introduce plain packaging on tobacco products, joining a growing list of countries planning similar measures despite the threat of legal action from the industry.

An Australian law requiring cigarettes to be sold in plain packaging has received a boost after an international tribunal said it would not hear a tobacco company's legal challenge.

Britain will become the first European Union nation to introduce plain packaging on cigarette packets after members of the House of Lords rubber-stamped a new law on Monday.

British lawmakers today voted in favour of forcing tobacco firms to sell cigarettes in plain packaging despite fierce opposition from the industry.

Australia will hike tobacco taxes by 12.5 percent per year over the next four years to boost its coffers and build on its plain packaging campaign against smoking, the government said Thursday.The excise increase will reap some Aus$5.3 billion (US$4.75...

Ireland is to become the first country in the European Union to ban branding on cigarette packages by using plain packaging and uniform labelling, the government said on Tuesday.