Australia introduced plain packaging laws in December, 2012 (1), statistics show a decrease in cigarette sales and tobacco companies are still pursuing legal challenges against plain packaging laws.

Federal Health negotiated with big tobacco companies about a voluntary agreement to list the contents of cigarettes. The ingredients (2) lists an interesting mix of chemicals but doesn’t provide explanitary notes about them.

If the proposed ban (3) is enacted would other states follow? and what lengths would tobacco companies go to challenge it?

(1) http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/tobacco-plain
(2) http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-drugs-tobacco-ingredients.htm
(3) http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/push-grows-to-ban-cigarettes-for-everyone-born-after-2000/story-fnj4f7k1-1227074507679