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Cigarette packets in Australia have undergone significant changes. Since 1 December 2012, all forms of branding logos , colours, and promotional texts are banned from cigarette pack designs. In turn they were replaced with drab dark brown packets ( Pantone 448 C ) [ 1 ] and graphic images with smoking-related themes to try to reduce the smoking ...
Unlike other forms of smoking, the use of e-cigarettes or vapes has been increasing in Australia, with the proportion of the population who used a vape daily rising from 0.5% in 2016 to 3.5% in 2023, with 7% of the population considering themselves a current user.
In March 2020, the FDA approved a set of 11 new graphic warning labels with images for cigarette packaging, with a deadline of compliance being set to June 18, 2021. The mandate would have required packaging to cover the top 50% of the front and rear panels of packages, as well as at least 20% of the top.
It is expected that the cost of a pack of cigarettes will top £16 from October 2026.
They did so either by buying existing e-cigarette companies (including Ruyan, the original Chinese e-cigarette company, which was bought by Imperial Tobacco) or by developing their own products. [19] A 2017 review states, "The tobacco industry dominates the e-cigarette market." [20] All of the large tobacco companies are selling e-cigarettes. [21]
The Decree of 16 August 2016 requires that new cigarette and tobacco brands that will be introduced on the Hungarian market after 20 August 2016 has to be in a uniform plain packaging, void of brand logos. Eventually, all cigarette and tobacco products are to be sold in uniform packs from 20 May 2019. [131]
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After the government's 339% excise duty application in 2010, cigarette prices hit $6.1 per pack, one of the highest in the Asia Pacific after Singapore and Australia. This resulted in the withdrawal of major international tobacco firms, and a tax loss of $63 million due to the proliferating illicit market.