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Killing the glamour - Get ready for plain packaging

WHO message for World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2016.
Plain packaging of tobacco products can save lives by reducing demand for tobacco products, and is recommended in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. "Plain packaging reduces the attractiveness of tobacco products. It kills the glamour,which is appropriate for a product that kills people," says WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan.


 

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