Over the last several decades, there has been a strong global push towards regulating tobacco and tobacco products with the aim of reducing tobacco consumption.imageBeyond standardised packaging, ...

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While Australia has recently passed legislation to ban logos from cigarette packages and to make plain packaging mandatory, other countries are still considering whether or not to take similar ...

Australia’s bold move to force plain packaging of tobacco will be watched closely – but may not be followed – by policy makers around the world In Europe, the Directorate-General for Health and ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Damien Carrick: Hello, welcome to the Law Report, Damien Carrick with you. Today, tobacco control. It's ...

Tobacco brands were among the best-known and most popular consumer brands of the 20th century, thanks in no small part to their instantly recognisable packaging and advertising. Nowadays, most people ...

Ottawa, Oct. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global plain packaging market reported a value of USD 5.54 billion in 2025, and according to estimates, it will reach USD 11.69 billion by 2034, as ...

Canada's Liberal government says it will hold three months of public consultations before it follows through on plans to have companies use generic packaging for cigarettes and other tobacco products.

Last month, I wrote that Australia’s plain-packaging law was one of the worst setbacks for Big Tobacco in decades because it attacked the companies’ single most valuable asset: their brands. Big ...

The world is now waiting for the World Trade Organization’s decision on the validity of plain packaging measures on tobacco products in Australia. If found to be valid, this could have a huge impact, ...

Psychologists at the University of Surrey have called on the UK government to cease prevaricating and mandate plain cigarette packaging to boost public health. Health campaigners are calling for the ...