(Reuters Health) - Australian smokers did not support the plain packaging mandate before it was implemented in 2012, surveys showed, but a new study shows support grew once the packs were in place.

That's the plan in Australia if the government gets its way. As part of the National Tobacco Strategy, the policy framework for the Australian Government "to work together and in collaboration with ...

Initial scepticism about plain packs faded amongst smokers and the more supportive a person was, the more likely they were to try quitting, researchers found. Plain packaging for tobacco products was ...

SOUTH Australian smokers are coughing up tens of thousands of dollars a year in fines for cigarette crimes introduced by the State Government to slash smoking rates. More than $57,000 of fines were ...

SYDNEY, April 3 (Reuters) - More than a year after Australia became the first country to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes, there is little hard evidence to prove the trailblazing move is worth ...

AS many as two in three Australian smokers will die from their addiction unless they quit, a new study suggests. Despite Australia having one of the lowest rates of smoking in the world, 1.8 million ...