SA plans plain cigarette packaging by 2015

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa aims to force cigarette companies to sell products in plain packets by next year, despite an ongoing World Trade Organisation (WTO) investigation into Australia’s ban on tobacco branding, the health minister said on Thursday. South Africa, New Zealand, France, India and Britain are all considering adopting standardised packaging on tobacco products but the African country … Read more