Plain tobacco packaging of transparent displays" in 2017. From September 2019, Turkey is to introduce plain packaging on tobacco products and will also require the health warnings to cover 85% of the packs. Plans are also afoot to raise the smoking age to 21 in the future. In November 2013, the UK Government announced an independent review of cigarette packaging in the UK, amid calls for action to discourage young smokers. Public Health Minister Jane Ellison rejected Labour calls for immediate regulation rather than a review, saying: "It's a year this weekend since the legislation was introduced in Australia. It's the right time
Plain tobacco packaging A few days later, the Federal Council said it was opposed to this, saying such a measure "goes too far". In September 2011, "Bloomberg" reported that the Turkish government was working on plain packaging regulations. An Istanbul-based newspaper, "Milliyet", reported that under the proposal all branding elements would disappear and cigarettes would come in "numbered black boxes" excluding any imagery other than health warnings. In November 2016, Health Minister Recep Akdağ stated that Turkey will "introduce plain packaging where the brand of cigarettes will almost be invisible and sellers will be obliged to store the cigarettes in closed cases instead