In the first academic study into the effects of plain packaging unhealthy has found that removing labelling and advertising could in fact increase consumption of these types of foods.   Conducted...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has this week been finalised after negotiations began in 2010.   The TPP centers on a free trade zone between 12 countries located around the Pacific rim including...

Smoking rates in young people fall following point-of-sale tobacco display ban, study Smoking rates in Australia among young people aged 12-24 years fell from 15 per cent to 11 per cent in the 24 months...

A panel of leading Australian food industry experts has ruled out plain packaging of high calorie foods as a possible way to fight obesity. Plain paper packaging was one of the key topics debated at the...

The High Court of Australia has rejected the constitutional challenge by major tobacco companies to the Federal Government’s plain packaging laws. The new laws were passed in November 2011 but allowed...