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The Australian federal government says there are 15,000 good reasons why parliament will pass the world's first tobacco plain-packaging laws on Thursday.
That's the number of Australians who die each year from smoking-related diseases.
Labor's legislation will require all cigarettes to be sold in drab olive-brown packets from December 2012.
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The packs will be dominated by graphic health warnings with the brand name and variant printed in a standard size and font.The draft laws will be rammed through the Senate on Thursday evening under a guillotine which limits debate.
Tobacco plain-packaging to become law
Seeded on Wed Nov 9, 2011 5:21 AM EST
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