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Ireland plans to adopt plain packaging of cigarettes

Health chiefs lauded the move as a vital tool to combat youth smoking, while tobacco companies warned removing all logos, trademarks and colours from packs would benefit criminals involved in illegal smuggling.
Financial Times (uk)
added May 29, 2013 01:37
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[Australia, Ireland] Do plain cigarette packs help young women smokers to quit?

As Ireland plans to introduce new legislation to follow the Australian lead of plain packaging on cigarettes, a major new study has suggested that the initiative may help young women to cut down on the number of cigarettes they smoke and may even encoura
Irish Medical News (ie)
added May 28, 2013 13:32
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[Ireland] Retailers fuming as poptential profits go up in smoke

ILLEGAL cigarette sales are leaving local retailers fuming as literally millions of euro in potential profits go up in smoke. The persistent problem of illegal tobacco products mainly the result of a criminal trade which is netting the perpetrators a sta
Kildare Nationalist (ie)
added May 28, 2013 13:29
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[Ireland] Govt passes 'plain packet' cigarettes, 'doesn't give a damn' about small retailers

Health Minister James Reilly announced Government approval for his controversial plans to force tobacco companies to use generic packaging, which he hopes to have enacted early next year. However, a retail group said that Dr Reilly doesn't care about in
Kildare Nationalist (ie)
added May 28, 2013 13:28
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[Ireland] Cabinet backs plan for plain cigarette packaging

The Cabinet has given the go-ahead for the drafting of legislation to force tobacco companies to introduce plain cigarette packaging, to help reduce the level of smoking. The issue was brought to Cabinet today by Minister for Health James Reilly.
RTÉ Online [Radio Telefís Éireann] (ie)
added May 28, 2013 12:39
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[Ireland] Republic to introduce plain cigarettes packs

Ireland is set to become the second country in the world to introduce plain pack cigarettes, it emerged today. The country’s Health Minister announced Government approval for his controversial plans to force tobacco companies to use generic packaging, w
The News Letter (uk)
added May 28, 2013 12:24
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[Europe, UK] Anti-fraud office fuming over British American Tobacco’s survey claim ($$)

The European Union’s anti-fraud office is to take issue with British American Tobacco for making false claims about the nature of their relationship when lobbying British health officials.
Times Of London (uk)
added May 28, 2013 07:47
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Product retrieval time in small tobacco retail outlets before and after the Australian plain packaging policy: real-world study

Retailers quickly gained experience with the new plain packaging legislation, evidenced by retrieval time having returned to the baseline range by the second week of implementation and remaining so several months later. The long retrieval times predicted
Tobacco Control
added May 28, 2013 07:35
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[Asia, Israel] Cigarette ads bill goes to plenum for approval

Proposed law would limit advertising and require tobacco companies to attach deterring images to packs.
Jerusalem Post
added May 27, 2013 11:34
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[UK] Henry Smith MP: We must stop our children getting hooked on cigarettes

For all of us who know someone who might have lived longer if they hadn’t smoked – and for those who don’t want their children to start – we must get rid of these. Putting tobacco in plain, standardised packs is the right step to take. It’s a move that w
ConservativeHome (blog) (uk)
added May 26, 2013 13:01
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