Plain tobacco packaging exports no tobacco to Australia, decided to suspend its WTO action initiated by the previous Ukrainian government. The packaging of Cuban cigars is considered to contribute significantly to sales. In June 2018, the WTO panel rejects the claims of the plaignants. Regarding the Agreement on technical barriers to trade, the panel concludes that plain packaging restricts trade only insofar as it reduces consumption, which is the legitimate objective of the measure. As for the TRIPS Agreement, it observes that "TRIPS does not provide for a right to use a trademark", but prevents other companies from using them. Under the legislation,
Tobacco packaging warning messages 2018– Because all pictorial health warnings (PHW) used in Indonesia originally came from the 2005 version of PHWs in Thailand, on 31 May 2018, the Ministry of Health launched new PHWs, of which three depict Indonesian smokers. In Iran, a variety of warnings with graphic, disturbing images of tobacco-related harms (including a lung cancer and mouth cancer) are placed prominently on cigarette packages. Japan is the first country in Asia to enforce general warning on cigarette packaging, in force since 1972. Prior to 2005, there was only one warning on all Japanese cigarette packages. Since 2005, more than one general