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  [Australian] Government to demand no frills cigarette packets
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Last EditedJason  Apr 30, 2010 04:36am
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MediaTV News - Australian Broadcasting Corporation News
News DateThursday, April 29, 2010 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionAustralia is set to become the first country in the world to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes.

Tobacco companies will only be allowed to print their brand name in a specific style and will have to remove all coloured logos and imagery from 2012, in a Federal Government bid to reduce smoking rates.

Health warnings and graphic pictures depicting the dangers of smoking will remain.

Curtin University Professor Mike Daube, who was part of a preventative health task force that recommended plain packaging, says the decision is a huge breakthrough.

"We can be absolutely sure that this will accelerate the decline in smoking," he said.
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