Evidence for plain packaging is "sound as a pound”–Minister

When I met Anna Soubry her support for plain packaging of cigarettes could not have been clearer –so what changed the Government's mind?

By Mike Daube

July 26, 2013

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Dr. Mike Daube is Professor of Health Policy at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. He is the President of the Australian Council on Smoking and Health (ACOSH). He also chaired the Australian Government's Tobacco Expert Advisory Committee that recommended plain packaging.

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