The overall price of food and non-alcoholic drinks in the UK is 4 per cent above the average for Europe
The FDA has the power to set standards that "make tobacco products less deadly, less addictive, and less appealing." Over the last decade, adult smoking rates have fallen from nearly 21% to 14%, but the FDA still isn't satisfied
Story highlights "It's extraordinarily encouraging," says public health advocate of ruling The high court published its decision, but not the opinion, which will be given at later date Tobacco firms say law will only boost illicit trade while impinging on intellectual property Tobacco kills nearly 6 million people a year, World Health Organization says In a decision announced Wednesday, Australias high court upheld the plain packaging act, which says that tobacco products must be in plain packaging without logos and bear graphic health warnings as of December 1
Thats when the marketers move in, and were left to unwittingly purchase micro-brews from Anheuser-Busch and organic-whatever that may not be any healthier than the non-organic alternative
