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April 2010

• ‘Tax grab’ claim over smokes

  News Clippings April 30 2010  |  Read more »

  Tobacco companies are expected to mount a legal challenge but the Government would not be intimidated, Mr Rudd said. Imperial Tobacco Australia would ‘‘robustly challenge’’ the Government’s ‘‘misguided’’ plan for plain packaging, arguing this would seriously harm its brand, infringe the intellectual property rights and lead to a rise in counterfeit products.

• Abbott butts out of ‘tax addict’ ban on cig packs

  News Clippings Misha Schubert, by Misha Schubert, April 30 2010  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  TONY Abbott has refused to back Kevin Rudd’s $5 billion tobacco crackdown — a push to ban brand logos from cigarette packs and increase tax by more than $2 a packet — arguing it is just a “panic tax” by a government addicted to spending.

• Busy day for sales of cigarettes before the prices went up

  News Clippings Ellie Harvey and Phillip Coorey , by Ellie Harvey and Phillip Coorey , April 30 2010  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  AS NEWS spread that cigarette prices were on their way up, a tobacconist in St Marys saw a few more faces than usual.

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  10 Morning News – Plain Tobacco Packaging

  Audio/Video April 29 2010

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  10 Early News – Plain Tobacco Packaging

  Audio/Video April 29 2010

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  Sunrise – Plain Tobacco Packaging

  Audio/Video April 29 2010

• TAX ON CIGS SHOULD BE SPENT WISELY

  Press Releases April 29 2010  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  Family First Leader Senator Steve Fielding says he’ll support the Rudd Government’s tax increase on cigarettes if the money collected is targeted towards preventing our youth from taking up smoking.

• Last coffin nail for sexy smokes? Rudd targets pack mentality

  News Clippings Danielle Cronin, by Danielle Cronin, April 29 2010  |  Read more »

  Australia is set to record a ‘‘world- first’’ by forcing tobacco companies to sell their products in plain packaging to counter the ‘‘attractiveness’’ of cigarettes.

• Cigs to drop logos Bland smoke packs

  News Clippings Michael Harvey , by Michael Harvey , April 29 2010  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  CIGARETTE packets will be stripped of familiar logos and alluring imagery in a new bid to stop young people taking up smoking.

• Govt gets numbers to have tobacco laws passed

  News Clippings April 29 2010  |  Read more »

  The federal government appears to have the numbers in the Senate to win parliamentary approval for draft laws mandating plain cigarette packaging.

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