Life / Health

A combo of handout images, released by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing in 2010, shows both sides of a generic cigarette packaging with health warnings taking up 85% of the pack and a minimal border. Global tobacco giants lost a court challenge to Australia's plain packaging laws for cigarettes in a closely-watched case health advocates said would have a worldwide impact

A combo of handout images, released by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing in 2010, shows both sides of a generic cigarette packaging with health warnings taking up 85% of the pack and a minimal border. Global tobacco giants lost a court challenge to Australia's plain packaging laws for cigarettes in a closely-watched case health advocates said would have a worldwide impact