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Australia readies for first plain pack cigarettes All cigarettes sold in Australia will be in identical, plain packages from Saturday in a world first after the government overcame legal challenges from the tobacco industry.

02 December 2012

Australia slams 'sick joke' cigarette packs Australia slammed as a "sick joke" Wednesday new cigarette packs on sale as part of the national phase-in to plain packaging which play on drab branding and claim it's "what's on the inside that counts."

12 September 2012

US court rejects graphic cigarette warnings A US court on Friday shot down orders to slap graphic anti-tobacco messages on cigarette packs, saying the government overstepped its authority by trying to "browbeat" smokers into quitting.

26 August 2012

Kazakhstan will sell no cigarettes at night and on weekends Kazakhstan is going to toughen its rules of wholesale and retail sales of tobacco.

02 May 2012

Bottom prices of cigarettes raised 30% in Kazakhstan Bottom prices of filter cigarettes have been raised from 60-70 tenge to 90-100 tenge ($0.61-0.68) for a pack.

20 March 2012

Second biggest cigarette producer in Kazakhstan closing down one of its two production facilities The tobacco facility in Shymkent was launched in 1995.

19 March 2012

PHOTO: Kazakhstan tries to frighten off smokers with impotence and cancer Kazakhstan Ministry of Public Healthcare is reviewing the options of daunting images approved by EurAzEC to appear on cigarette packs by 2012.

23 June 2011

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