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by Tloewald 4258 days ago
Since when is Tobacco in Australia sold in plain packaging? AFAIK (it's been a while since I lived in Australia) the health messages have to be very prominent, and they can't advertise on TV, radio, or near schools, but they can still advertise in some places (print) and package as they like modulo "Smoking Kills Babies" type messages. (It's funny, my smoker friends used to identify their packets of cigarettes by the message -- "oh mine was the 'causes birth defects' package" (they all smoked Marlboro Lights or Benson & Hedges)
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Tobacco cannot be advertised at all in Australia except for I think at the Grand Prix car racing.

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Conten...

Thanks for the info. That's still more commercial than pot in Colorado!