Court backs cigarette pack logo ban

[vaperman]

Australia's highest court has upheld a new government law on mandatory packaging for cigarettes that removes brand colours and logos from packaging.

The law requires cigarettes to be sold in olive green packets, with graphic images warning of the consequences of smoking.

Leading global tobacco manufacturers, including British American Tobacco and Philip Morris, had challenged the law.

The new packaging rules are scheduled to be implemented from 1 December 2012.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19264245

Just a matter of time now....

[Perpetua]

Been listening to it all on the news VM.

Whether it deters anyone from taking up the habit, or continuing with it, I guess only time will tell . . . .

[nicky]

if i were still smoking it wouldn't have put me off!

[lunerdog]

Wouldn't have made any difference to me if I'd still been smoking.

[Perpetua]

Same here, I'd have crawled over hot coals to get my ciggies . . .

[nicky]

Makes me howl with laughter in the supermarkets now with the shutters down on them, like that would have put me off.................i think not.

[lunerdog]

Its ridiculous aint it, the almost total fail rate of NRT should tell them that the packet won't make a hoot of difference to any body.

Just politically correct twits commiting politically correct twittery.

[nicky]

Aug 15, 2012 15:45:09 GMT @lunerdog said:

Its ridiculous aint it, the almost total fail rate of NRT should tell them that the packet won't make a hoot of difference to any body.

Just politically correct twits commiting politically correct twittery.

How very true. lol

[azzie]

Typical double standards...governments still depends on the income that tobacco brings and wont ban them.

It wouldnt have stopped me buying fags either :-[

[Ratfinkz]

what a total load of rubbish!!!! Dont see how it's going to make any difference whatsoever!

[Anne (fuzzy)]

My view remains the same as far as kids are concerned, they love forbidden fruit.

If I was still smoking, I'd just take them out of the packet and put them in a tobacco tin if the pictures bothered me, but then I used a tin anyway as I smoked roll ups. Where there's a will, there's always a way.

[esmecullen]

What a lot of rubbish!! They've failed by hiding the cigarettes away, I dont see any drop in people standing in line to buy them....... so how do they think by putting them in plain packing is going to make people stop???

Brain and no cells comes to mind!!

[beautycat]

I think it's ridiculous. I was still smoking when the shutters were pulled down, did it stop me #icon_nono# if I were still smoking would taking the branding off #icon_nono# ! Would anything if I hadn't found vaping #icon_nono#

[farzooks]

Thinking long term; if it deters some kids from taking it up, it will be a good thing, no?
There is some research suggesting some kids are attracted by the packaging, like in so many other areas, I suppose, and the cool factor, still. Hard to believe we/me thought it was cool to commit slow suicide.

[Perpetua]

Aug 15, 2012 22:41:33 GMT farzooks said:

Thinking long term; if it deters some kids from taking it up, it will be a good thing, no?

It can only be a good thing, if that is indeed the effect it has Farzooks . . . I see more and more young people round these parts smoking every day.

Although the trend does appear to be towards roll ups I've noticed, are there plans to change the packaging on rolling tobacco I wonder?

None of these re-packaging/putting behind a screen type measures, go anywhere near to helping a ' committed ' smoker.

Saw a piece on BBC's 24 yesterday, a youngish chap smoking 20-25 cigs a day for the last 10 years or so. He'd tried patches, gum, spray and Zyban . . . all with no success.

All I could think was, please someone give that man an ecig to try.