VIC:BAT calls for legal advice to be released

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2011
VIC:BAT calls for legal advice to be released

A tobacco giant's fight against the introduction of plain packaging has been dealt
a setback by the federal court.

British American Tobacco Australia has been denied access to a 1995 Health Department
document advising against plain packing.

But BATA says it may take its fight against the decision to the High Court.

The company says there's no evidence the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes
will reduce smoking rates.

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KEYWORD: TOBACCO (MELBOURNE)

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