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 packaging warning messages Canada, the warnings are provided in both English and French. Imported cigarettes to be sold in Canada which do not have the warnings are affixed with sticker versions when they are sold legally in Canada. Health Canada is also considering laws mandating plain packaging, in which legal tobacco product packaging would still include warning labels, but brand names, fonts, and colors would be replaced with simple unadorned text, thereby reducing the impact of tobacco industry marketing techniques. There have been complaints from some Canadians due to the graphic nature of the labels, but they generally enjoy wide public support. Starting