Australia was the first country to introduce mandatory plain packaging for tobacco products Australia has won a major trade dispute over its pioneering plain packaging for cigarettes, in a ...

Manufacturers have until April 2025 to give cigarettes a new look, in order for them to be sold in Australia. However, insiders believe the move will only push smokers to black market tobacco.

We assess the impact of legislation mandating the plain packaging of cigarettes in 2012 in Australia on both primary and secondary demand. We first examine the causal impact of the legislation at the ...