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The federal government has hit out at a major tobacco company that is using the kangaroo on cigarette packages overseas.
British American Tobacco is using an image of a kangaroo and the phrase "An Australian Favourite" on packets of Winfield being sold in France, News Ltd has reported.
Attorney-General Nicola Roxon has said the kangaroo packets are "outrageous".
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"This kind of weaselly marketing tactic will soon have no place here in Australia when all cigarettes will be in plain packaging from December," she told News Ltd.Labor's laws will force all cigarettes to be sold in drab olive-brown packs from December 2012.
Govt anger at kangaroos on ciggie packs
Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:53 PM EST
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