Australia prevails in decade-long duel with Big Tobacco
The pioneering "plain packaging" rules for cigarettes have now seen off every legal challenge the tobacco industry has thrown at them.
Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent
Policy fights don’t come much tougher than this.
After 10 years, five prime ministers, four court cases – spread across Canberra, Geneva and Hong Kong – the Australian government has seen off what looks like the final challenge to its ‘‘plain packaging’’ rules for cigarettes.
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