Plain cigarette packaging may make the product less appealing and encourage more people to quit. As of December 1, 2012, all tobacco products sold in Australia come in plain brown packs with ...

Strict plain packaging rules have been built into the country’s Cannabis Act and corresponding regulations since their inception, prohibiting the use of graphics and images, branding elements ...

Plain cigarette packaging may reduce incorrect impression of product's safety Date: December 18, 2017 Source: University of California - San Diego Summary: An online survey of 900 consumers of ...

The United Nations' health agency says "plain packaging" on tobacco products has shown to be an effective complement to health warnings, advertising restrictions, and curbs on misleading packaging ...

When comparing across packaging styles, respondents' ratings of the implied safety of the plain packaging of Natural American Spirits were 1.7 times lower than current U.S. packaging and ratings ...

The potential impact of plain packaging of cigarette products among Brazilian young women: an experimental study. BMC Public Health, 2012; 12 (1): 737 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-737 ...

Plain packaging in Australia has been a "casebook example of effective tobacco control," Gerard B. Hastings, PhD, and Crawford Moodie, PhD, both from the University of Stirling in the United ...

Experts believe that plain packaging of tobacco products would cut smoking, a new study has found. Tobacco control experts from around the world estimate that two years after the introduction of ...

As WLF argued in comments submitted in February 2010 to the Australian Parliament's Senate Community Affairs Committee, plain packaging proposals are an entirely counterproductive way to address ...

O n November 21, the Australian Parliament enacted the world’s first tobacco plain packaging law. This groundbreaking public health legislation requires that all tobacco products sold in Australia as ...

In publications, formal comments, and blog commentaries, Washington Legal Foundation has consistently questioned the wisdom and legality of requiring "plain packaging" for disfavored consumer ...

With plain packaging, the focus is on whether the impact on trademarks has undermined the value of the tobacco companies’ investment in Australia. Again, such rules go well past the traditional idea ...