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The Case For The Plain Packaging Of Tobacco Products, Becky Freeman, Simon Chapman, Matthew Rimmer Apr 2008

The Case For The Plain Packaging Of Tobacco Products, Becky Freeman, Simon Chapman, Matthew Rimmer

Matthew Rimmer

The global Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires nations to ban all tobacco advertising and promotion. In the face of these restrictions, tobacco packaging has become the key promotional vehicle for the tobacco industry to interest smokers and potential smokers in tobacco products. This paper reviews available research into the likely impact of mandatory plain packaging and internal tobacco industry statements about the importance of packs as promotional vehicles. It critiques legal objections raised by the industry about plain packaging violating laws and international trade agreements, showing these to be without foundation. Plain packaging of all tobacco products would …


Symposium - "Safer" Tobacco Products: Reducing Harm Or Giving False Hope? Introduction, Kathleen Hoke Dachille, Jacqueline M. Mcnamara Jan 2008

Symposium - "Safer" Tobacco Products: Reducing Harm Or Giving False Hope? Introduction, Kathleen Hoke Dachille, Jacqueline M. Mcnamara

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

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Tobacco's Weakest Link: Why Tobacco Farmers Are Essential Players In The Fight Against Big Tobacco, Anna R. Kuperstein Jan 2008

Tobacco's Weakest Link: Why Tobacco Farmers Are Essential Players In The Fight Against Big Tobacco, Anna R. Kuperstein

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.