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Working towards a Tobacco Free Australia
Better health warnings are only part of the solution. We also need higher tobacco taxes, smoke free work and public places, effective ways to protect kids from cigarette advertising, clearer rules on tobacco company behaviour and increased resources for health promotion and cessation programs.
Plain packaging in Australia by 2012 - a world first!
On 7 April, Federal Health Mnister Nicola Roxon released a public exposure draft of legislation to make plain packaging of all tobacco products mandatory by July 2012.
ACOSH and other health organisations have welcomed the world's first proposed law to make cigarettes as unattractive as possible.
The Federal Government's plain packaging legislation passed the Senate on 10 November. December 2012 will see the implementation of cigarette packets stripped of branding and logos. They are required to be dark green in colour and will be dominated by health warnings.
The pack is one of the remaining forms of tobacco advertising in Australia. Plain packaging is one of the most effective ways to stop the tobacco industry from using the pack to promote their deadly product.
For further information on plain packaging, click here.