London | Australia has seen off a final challenge to its "plain packaging" rules for cigarettes, as the tobacco industry's epic campaign against the measures finally runs out of road.
The World Trade Organisation's now-defunct Appellate Body on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) ruled against an appeal by Honduras and the Dominican Republic which claimed Australia's plain packaging rules were a technical barrier to trade.
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