{"id":1136,"date":"2014-12-11T05:12:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T05:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2014-12-11T05:12:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T05:12:26","slug":"uk-tobacco-industry-goal-is-to-delay-plain-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/2014\/12\/11\/uk-tobacco-industry-goal-is-to-delay-plain-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"UK: Tobacco industry goal is to delay plain packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plain packaging laws could be delayed if not introduced before the general election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2014\/dec\/06\/cigarette-plain-packets-delay-law-mps\">The Guardian reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The government is under fire from politicians on all sides amid fears that legislation forcing tobacco companies to sell cigarettes in plain packs will not be introduced before the general election. MPs from all three main parties, including the Tory chair of the health select committee, have warned time is running out to introduce a law that would see cigarettes sold in unbranded packs, a measure experts claim would deter young people from smoking. A delay would be a major victory for \u201cbig tobacco\u201d and trigger questions for the Tories\u2019 chief election strategist, Lynton Crosby, who runs a lobbying firm that represents Marlboro manufacturer Philip Morris.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ses.library.usyd.edu.au\/handle\/2123\/12257\">Plain packaging laws <\/a>have been in place in Australia since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plain packaging laws could be delayed if not introduced before the general election. 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