Plain, standardised tobacco packaging in the offing
Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Dorcas Makgato.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Health minister Dorcas Makgato took to Gantsi yesterday to launch plain packaging, which is a WHO initiative aimed at reducing the attractiveness of tobacco packaging.
“The new packaging will see all the attractive features of the old packaging removed. Tobacco will no longer be sold in attractive packs.
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