Industry Positions
Industry Positions on Plain Packaging
Review of Industry Arguments Against Plain Packaging
Tobacco companies have strongly opposed proposals for plain packaging and other packaging reforms, and have adopted a strategy of focusing their concerns on intellectual property issues. For a summary of these arguments, see the following report.
Packaging Phoney Intellectual Property Claims. How multinational tobacco companies colluded to use trade & intellectual property arguments they knew were phoney to oppose plain packaging and larger health warnings
Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada
Canada/International
2009
General
Tobacco packaging regulation - an international assessment of the intended and unintended impacts
Deloitte
2011
Why Plain Packaging is in Violation of WTO Members' International Obligations
Philip Morris International
2009
Response to Australian Proposed Plain Packaging Law - 2009
Inquiry into the Plain Tobacco Packaging (Removing Branding from Cigarette Packs) Bill 2009
Imperial Tobacco Australia
2010
Inquiry into the Plain Tobacco Packaging (Removing Branding from Cigarette Packs) Bill 2009
Philip Morris Limited
2010
Reponse to Plain Packaging Proposal in the United Kingdom - 2008
Response to the Department of Health discussion document "Consultation on the future of tobacco control, May 2008"
British American Tobacco
2008
Reponse to the UK Department of Health`s Consultation on the Future of Tobacco Control
Japan Tobacco International
2008
Response to the Department of Health`s Consultation on the Future of Tobacco Control
Philip Morris Limited
2008
Analysis of Consumer Survey Evidence Relevant to the UK Department of Health Consultation on the Future of Tobacco Control
Dr. Warren J. Keegan
2008