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N. Zealand to introduce plain packets for tobacco
NEW ZEALAND, 2013/04/29 New Zealand announced plans Tuesday to force tobacco companies to sell cigarettes in plain packaging, becoming only the second country in the world next Australia to introduce the measure. Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia said banning tobacco branding and selling cigarettes in drab boxes plastered with explicit health warnings “will remove the last remaining vestige of glamour from these deadly products.”
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