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plainpacksprotect.co.uk

Date: 13 Feb 2012

Plainpacksprotect.co.uk

Members of the Smokefree Action Coalition have launched a new website in support of the campaign for standardised, generic packaging of tobacco products.  www.plainpacksprotect.co.uk.

Within just over a week of launching, over 1,500 people have already shown their support for the campaign. The website is being updated with new materials, but already includes:

What can you can do to promote plain packaging?

The government is due to launch a 3-month public consultation starting in spring 2012, on whether the UK should adopt the plain, generic packaging of tobacco products, recently adopted by the Australian government. 

We need your help to promote the campaign and to help make the case with MPs, media and the public.  There are numerous ways you can help. 

For further details, please contact: Dave Clark, Senior Policy & Campaigns Officer, Action on Smoking & Health, First Floor, 144-145 Shoreditch High Street, London  E1 6JE

Tel: 020 7739 5902
Fax: 020 7729 4732
e-mail: dave.clark@ash.org.uk
web: http://www.ash.org.uk