JOHN CURLEY

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Oct 30, 2013, 9:07 AM | Updated: 9:09 am

Australian plain cigarette packages feature these graphic warnings....

Australian plain cigarette packages feature these graphic warnings.

Australia has gone all in on cigarette packaging. Instead of regular branding, cigarette packs there now must have “plain packaging” — no branding whatsoever, just a picture of the horrible things cigarettes do to your body.

It’s prompting backlash down under, what would happen if they introduced something similar stateside?

John Curley on KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM
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