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Tobacco giant Philip Morris has become the latest cigarette manufacturer to file a High Court challenge against the federal government's plain packaging laws.
Philip Morris says the laws, which passed parliament in late November, breach the Australian constitution because they seek to acquire the company's property without providing compensation.
"The government has passed a law that acquires our valuable brands and intellectual property despite being unable to demonstrate that it will reduce smoking," Philip Morris spokesman Chris Argent said in a statement on Tuesday.
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The federal parliament passed world-first laws in November that will force all cigarettes to be sold in drab olive-brown packs from December 2012.
Philip Morris launches High Court fight
Seeded on Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:01 AM EST
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