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The World Trade Organisation has thrown out the final legal challenge to Australia’s tobacco plain packaging laws. Now countries across the world can implement this game-changing public health policy.
Australia comprehensively defeated the tobacco giant, but is left with a multi million dollar bill.
Tobacco companies stalled introducing plain packs, explored loopholes in the law and didn’t follow through with suggested price cuts.
The Canadian government is currently drafting regulations on plain packaging for cigarettes. Tobacco companies are trying to weaken the regulations via lobbying and misleading PR campaigns.
South Africa’s proposed new tobacco laws will tighten the grip on how cigarettes and other tobacco products are sold, marketed and regulated in the country.
The UK is the latest country where tobacco companies cannot market their brands on their packets.
No wonder we’re addicted to junk food. Neuroscience shows food packaging affects our enjoyment of these foods, and plays on the same brain processes as hard drug addiction.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reportedly backed Australia’s laws on plain tobacco packaging implemented from December 2012. The apparent decision marks the end of the last of three cases brought…
Parents need to know the truth about formula milk.
Cigarette brands present images of slender, stylish women and strong, independent men. Plain packaging breaks this positive brand identity for some smokers.
The decision to tax sugary drinks in South Africa faces furious industry opposition, but global experience shows industry cannot be trusted to put public health before profits.
Big tobacco companies have found a way around plain packaging with clever marketing techniques that undermine Australian regulations.
Hidden links between tobacco companies and tobacco control opponents may be hindering plain packaging legislation around the world.
Big Tobacco relies on tactics of deceit, delay and frustration which it has developed and refined over half a century.
Australia’s plain packaging win over Philip Morris will kill the ISDS bogeyman.
It is three years since Australia fully implemented its historic tobacco plain packaging law. From December 1, 2012, all tobacco products have been required to be sold in the mandated standardised packs…
The experience of Canada, which agreed to an ISDS clause in its North American Free Trade agreement, should give pause to Australia.
Cancer Council Victoria is contesting British American Tobacco’s request for survey data about teenagers’ smoking habits. Here’s the story of a UK research group who faced a similar request.
Imagine you were about to buy a property and were advised that in two years time, a major freeway would be built two hundred metres away, greatly diminishing the value of your purchase. Then imagine you…
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Health Policy, Curtin University
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Canada Research Chair in Economy and Environment, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Tobacco Control Research Group, University of Bath
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Political Scientist, University of Bath
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Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University
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Director, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor in Marketing, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Law, Monash University
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