The Australian government is expected to announce compulsory plain packaging for cigarettes tomorrow.
It is understood the new laws would make plain packaging compulsory tobacco products by January 1, 2012.
The new laws would make it illegal for cigarette packets to print brand colours or logos on cigarette packets, which would still carry health warnings.
Cigarette packets in Australia already contained graphic health warnings about the risks associated with smoking, which cover 30 per cent of the front and 90 per cent of the back of the packets.
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COMMENT: This initiative by the Australian Government is another step towards the outlawing of tobacco and cigarettes except by consenting adults in private.
