The benefits of plain packaging

Studies showed that they believe in cigarettes as young people see packages with colors and logos:

Researchers show that smokers believe that light-colored cigarettes are smooth, tarred and safer than other cigarettes. This is not a fact. Decorative packaging will not prevent cigarette companies from using this wrong association

Although health graphics warnings have been shown to help smokers quit smoking, the tobacco industry uses packaging design to disrupt their impact. Regular packaging ensures that graphic health warning is still outstanding

In August 2012, Norway was considered not to consider decorative packaging. May 31, 2016, World Tobacco Day, BentHøie Health Minister announced that no decorative packaging will be introduced in Norway by 2017. Decorative packaging rules do not apply to snuff and cigarettes. In December 2016, the Norwegian parliament overwhelmingly voted on the implementation of standardized packaging of tobacco products. This measure was introduced at the same time as the EU's Tobacco Product Directive Packaging and Labeling Law that came into effect on July 1, 2017. Retailers get a transition to a new standardized cigarette package and a smokeless cigarette box for one year (until July 1, 2018)

On 12th December 2011, Australia enacted the "Tobacco Plain Packaging Law" and became a national obligation to sell tobacco products in the world's first decorative packaging. Products manufactured after October 1, 2012 and products sold on or after December 1, 2012 can not be decorated. Following the lead of Australia (2012), other countries including France (January 2017), Britain (May 2017), New Zealand (June 2018), Norway (July 2018) are also standardized We need packaging. Ireland (September 2018) and Hungary (May 2019). There are no decorative tobacco laws in Belgium, Hungary, Slovenia, Uruguay, but it is not yet enforced

All packages sold after December 1, 2012 are sold with a markless, monotonous dark brown packaging. Tobacco companies are against the decorative packaging law, some of which are prosecuting the Australian government. Since the Australian government won the lawsuit, undecorated law has been enacted in some other countries as well. In 1994, the Canadian public health authorities created proposals for undecorated packaging of tobacco products. The Congressional Committee reviewed the evidence and concluded that decorative packaging might not be a "reasonable step to shrinking the overall tobacco consumption strategy." This effort failed due to issues relating to trademark rights, especially the Canadian World Trade Organization and its commitment to the North American Free Trade Agreement.