Tobacco plain packaging in Australia court case
The world's biggest tobacco firms are challenging the Australian government in court over a law on mandatory plain packaging for cigarettes.
The suit, led by British American Tobacco, is being watched around the world as a test case.
Australia last year passed legislation requiring all tobacco to be sold in plain packets with graphic health warnings from 1 December 2012. Duncan Kennedy reports.
18 Apr 2012
- From the section Asia-Pacific