Tobacco giant Philip Morris ordered to pay Australian government millions
The order comes after the failed attempt to sue the country over its plain packaging laws.
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The order comes after the failed attempt to sue the country over its plain packaging laws.
Ash Ireland today urged people to consider giving up smoking in the new year.
Tobacco giant Philip Morris had taken the action over plain-packaging.
A range of measures across the world signal big changes to how tobacco is sold.
Philip Morris accused Australia of using a procedural issue to avoid addressing the legality and effectiveness of plain packages, calling the move “regrettable”.
Philip Morris is threatening legal action.
The tobacco companies didn’t come out looking too clever.
We sift through the facts and fiction on the government’s anti-smoking plan.
James Reilly oversaw a €300,000 contract involving a law firm that had represented the tobacco industry when he was Health Minister.
The government expects a legal challenge to legislation passed by the Oireachtas today.
Everyone was talking about rental prices, plain packaging and newspaper figures.
Multinational tobacco companies don’t want to see Ireland introduce plain packaging because they know it works, writes Minister James Reilly.
Minister James Reilly said he “must drive forward” the legislation.
New research finds plain packaging reduces ‘cigarette-seeking’ by almost 10%.
Ireland became the first country in Europe to commit to introducing standardised packaging in 2013.
TDs are due to debate a bill paving the way for plain packaging later this week.
“Cigarette packets will no longer be a mobile advertisement for the tobacco industry,” said Minister James Reilly.
An Oireachtas Committee has produced a detailed and wide-ranging report on the proposal to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes.
The site — designed in stark yellow, grey and white colouring — sets out the industry’s arguments against James Reilly’s crackdown on tobacco marketing.
The bosses of the cigarette companies maintain that plain tobacco packaging will boost illegal sales.
The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Bill 2013 was discussed by the Oireachtas today with a focus on the impact it could have on the black market.
A coalition of health groups are meeting this morning to urge that upcoming legislation be enacted.
Everybody’s talking about the bad weather, bankers charged with €7.2 billion fraud, and Ian Watkins sentenced to 35 years in prison.
More and more countries are attempting to introduce anti-smoking laws – and the multi-billion euro tobacco industry is responding by launching long, cripplingly expensive legal challenges. Ireland should not let itself by bullied, writes Senator John Crown.
The new packs – which include graphic images of health problems that could be caused by smoking – are expected to be brought in next year.
The Health Minister’s vowing to continue his war on smoking – and says cigarettes are the only freely available product he knows of that can kill the user.