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Want to fight human trafficking? Ditch plain packaging

14 December 2017

7:28 AM

14 December 2017

7:28 AM

December 1, 2017, marked the five-year anniversary of mandated plain packaging of tobacco products in Australia. Despite being touted as a major victory for “public health,” the law hardly made an impact on smoking in the Down Under. In fact, according to the most recent figures, since plain packaging was introduced the number of smokers in Australia has increased for the first time in decades. And

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