Standardised packaging of tobacco products
Consultation considering options to reduce the promotional impact of tobacco packaging, including standardised (or "plain") packaging.
Detail
The consultation on standardised packaging of tobacco products asked people for views on whether standardised tobacco packaging would:
- reduce the appeal of tobacco products to consumers
- increase the effectiveness of health warnings on tobacco product packaging
- reduce the ability of tobacco packaging to mislead consumers about the harmful effects of smoking
- have a positive effect on smoking-related attitudes, beliefs, intentions and behaviours, particularly among children and young people
The consultation was accompanied by a systematic, academic review of the evidence for standardised packaging.
The Department of Health received many thousands of consultation responses with strong views on both sides of the debate.
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