Plain tobacco packaging at how desperate the tobacco companies are to stop plain packaging, for confirmation that pack design is seen as critical to sales." The World Health Organization's director for the Western Pacific also congratulated Australia and stated that all countries and areas in the Western Pacific should follow Australia's good example. Speaking on Radio Australia, Don Rothwell, Professor of International Law at the Australian National University, noted that Philip Morris was pursuing multiple legal avenues. The Notice of Arbitration under the bilateral investment treaty between Hong Kong and Australia has a 90-day cooling off period after which the case would most
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