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Australia Makes Global Tobacco History
Posted 11.11.2011.
The passage through the Senate of tobacco plain packaging legislation has been hailed as a triumph for public health by leading health groups.
Cigarette Smoke Radioactivity and Lung Cancer Risk
Posted 4.10.2011.
Even more evidence of the Tobacco Industry's deceitfulness was revealed in an article published in USA Today and the Sydney Morning Herald. Turns out that as early as the 1960s the Tobacco Industry...
Plain packaging legislation passes in the House
Posted 26.08.2011.
Australia's House of Representatives has passed both Tobacco Plain Packaging bills, which will now go to the Senate in September. Both bills are expected to pass the Senate subject to its inquiry.
A world first: Australia's plain packaging legislation introduced to Parliament
Posted 11.07.2011.
Australia's world-first legislation to fully mandate plain packaging of tobacco products by July 2012 was introduced to Parliament. The legislation is expected to pass both houses of Parliament...
Abbott to back plain packaging of cigarettes
Posted 31.05.2011.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott today announced that the Liberal/National Party coalition will not oppose the plain tobacco packaging bill. On World No Tobacco Day he told media that they will...