World No Tobacco Day 2016: Get ready for plain packaging
Get ready for plain packaging
27 May 2016 -- For this year's World No Tobacco Day, WHO and the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control are calling on countries to get ready for plain (standardized) packaging of tobacco products. Plain packaging refers to “measures to restrict or prohibit the use of logos, colours, brand images or promotional information on packaging other than brand names and product names displayed in a standard colour and font style (plain packaging).
Get ready for plain packaging
16 February 2016 -- Plain packaging of tobacco products is an important demand reduction measure. It reduces the attractiveness of tobacco products, restricts use of tobacco packaging as a form of advertising, limits misleading packaging and labelling, and increases the effectiveness of health warnings. For World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2016, WHO and the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control are calling on countries to get ready for plain (standardized) packaging of tobacco products.
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Background information
- Reducing the appeal of smoking – first experiences with Australia’s plain tobacco packaging law
- Australia shows the impact of plain packaging
- Ireland becomes the second country in the world to introduce plain packaging
- Global domino effect in implementing plain packaging
- High level meeting expressing support for plain packaging
