BBC: Cigarette packets should have plain packaging to make smoking less attractive, ministers have suggested.
The government plans to ask retailers to cover up displays of cigarettes from next year to protect children.
But Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said it was wrong children were being attracted to smoking by "glitzy designs on packets" and that it made sense to consider "less attractive packaging".
Campaign group Ash says this is "an enormous leap forward".
The Department of Health is considering the idea of asking tobacco firms to put only basic information and health or picture warnings on their packets.
Making the cigarette packets a plain colour would protect children from taking up smoking in the first place, it suggests.
It would also help support people who are trying to give up smoking, the department said. >>> | Sunday, November 21, 2010
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: Des paquets de cigarettes neutres pour décourager les fumeurs: GRANDE-BRETAGNE | Le ministère de la Santé britannique envisage d’imposer aux cigarettiers des emballages neutres standards, portant les seules mises en garde de santé, afin de décourager les jeunes fumeurs. >>> AFP | Dimanche 21 Novembre 2010
