Plain to see why Big Tobacco has such a resistance
Beware the message from vested interests, says Sheila Duffy
Recently I witnessed an international gangster swearing loudly at a slight on his “professionalism” as a cigarette counterfeiter.
How dare the tobacco industry claim that the introduction of standardized packaging would make his illegal trade easier, he snarled? Their suggestion that markets would be flooded with illicit tobacco because “plain” packs are easier to copy was nonsense, said the crook.
Of course, the gangster wasn’t real. He was just a very convincing actor, appearing in a video clip produced by health agencies to counter Big Tobacco’s burgeoning misinformation campaign over plain packaging.
But the actor’s message was genuine – there is no reason why standardized tobacco packaging should make the job of counterfeiters easier.
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