The British government will consider whether to force tobacco companies to adopt plain packaging to try to reduce the attraction of smoking, according to a policy document on public health published.

PUBLIC health and environmental groups are calling on the newly elected legislators to pass the Plain Packaging bill for all tobacco and electronic smoking devices (ESDs) such as vapes and heated ...

Background Plain packaging and minimum pack size legislation for tobacco products was introduced in the UK in May 2016, with a 1-year sell-off period until May 2017, during which both fully branded ...

Plain brown and green-coloured tobacco packaging, with a new array of images showing the health consequences of smoking, are set to be on shelves from March next year. Associate Health Minister ...

Tobacco firms said their trademarks were being ... Imperial Brands’ profits are most exposed to markets that may implement plain packaging, said analysts at Jefferies. A spokeswoman for British ...

The bill in its current form would impose sweeping new rules, including plain olive-brown packaging for tobacco products, ...

A clause in the Bill bans the sale of single cigarettes, and if a person is found selling a ‘loose’ cigarette, they can be ...

Barnet Council’s Trading Standards officers seized nearly £50,000 worth of illicit cigarettes, rolling tobacco, vapes and shisha during shop raids in a ...

Two-thirds of smokers start before the age of 18, so tobacco companies were investing a fortune in innovative packaging that appealed to young people. Our evidence showed that making all packaging a ...

The only thing more dangerous than cigarettes is a public health policy that ensures they remain the only game in town.

Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa on Saturday reiterated their call to ban vape products and increase taxes on tobacco products as the country marked World "No Tobacco Day" and "National No Smoking ...