New law in Australia

One of the strictest anti-smoking legislation approved on Monday the world's lower house of the Australian Parliament. His part is that the box must have a uniform brown-green packaging and must bear the manufacturer's logo. Tobacco group Philip Morris because of the herds before the court the Australian government. Punitive damages could amount to several billion dollars.

After being approved by law to take effect from mid 2012, the government said that it is "one of the most important measures of health in Australian history".



Thanks the new law will Australian retailers need to cigarettes, tobacco and cigars sold in a single brown-green packaging. Three quarters of the package will cover a significant warning of health effects of smoking, including pictures cancer oral cavity. So far, only warnings occupy 30 percent of the size of the box.

Australia wants to reduce by 2018 the number of smokers from 15 percent to ten percent of the population. Medical authorities say that die every year from diseases associated with smoking at 15 000 Australians.