Plain tobacco packaging Kingdom (May 2017), New Zealand (June 2018), Norway (July 2018), Ireland (September 2018), Thailand (September 2019), Singapore and Turkey (2020). Belgium, Hungary, Slovenia and Uruguay have plain packaging cigarette laws, but are yet to go into effect. Only indirect evidence of plain packaging's effectiveness was available until its release in Australia. On 24 May 2011, Cancer Council Australia released a review of the evidence supporting the introduction of plain packaging to reduce youth uptake. The review had been conducted by Quit Victoria and Cancer Council Victoria. The review includes 24 peer-reviewed studies conducted over two decades, suggesting that packaging plays
Tobacco and Vaping Products Act Tobacco and Vaping Products Act The Tobacco and Vaping Products Act is a Canadian law to regulate the production, marketing and sale of tobacco and vaping products. The law was introduced as the "Tobacco Act", Bill C-71 during the 35th Canadian Parliament in 1997, which replaced the former "Tobacco Sales To Young Persons Act" of 1994 as well as the "Tobacco Products Control Act" of 1989. The Tobacco Act was amended on July 5, 2010 and renamed to "Tobacco and Vaping Products Act" in 2018 when similar laws concerning vaping products were added. The purpose of the act is to