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SYDNEY, Australia — Australia's smokers will be finding it even tougher to light up after a raft of tough new government legislation further tightened the country's already stringent restrictions on smoking.
In Australia, if the smoking doesn't kill, the new cigarette packets might.
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And in a world first, Australia has set out plans to become the first country to have plain cigarette packaging as of July 1, 2012. Cigarette packs will carry no logos, color or font variation. Instead the pack will bear the brand name and a graphic photo depicting the gruesome consequences of smoking.
#1 - Tue May 11, 2010 11:30 AM EDTPeople are still going to smoke if they want to. If someone wants to drink poison, a skull and crossbones on the bottle won't stop them if that is exactly what they want to do.
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