Imperial Tobacco’s plain packaging ‘the ultimate sick joke’

[12.9.12] The first cigarettes in plain packaging have hit the major supermarkets – and they don’t comply with the government’s strict new rules. One company, Imperial Tobacco, is using the new packaging to directly challenge the government by telling its Peter Stuyvesant brand customers “it’s what’s on the inside that counts”. Fellow tobacco giant Philip Morris has [...]

Smoking indecision anger

[11.7.12] With a gallery packed with picket-carrying restaurateurs and supporters, Parramatta councillors quibbled over their commitment to ban smoking in outdoor dining areas—and had the lord mayor blowing smoke out of her ears. Councillors were presented with an updated smoking policy, with the kinks ironed out. But some councillors, under pressure from restaurants, wanted the policy [...]