男女羞羞视频在线观看,国产精品黄色免费,麻豆91在线视频,美女被羞羞免费软件下载,国产的一级片,亚洲熟色妇,天天操夜夜摸,一区二区三区在线电影

Australia may delay anti-tobacco plan

Updated: 2011-10-12 14:06

(Agencies)

  Comments() Print Mail Large Medium  Small 分享按鈕 0

CANBERRA - Australia's government may have to delay plans for the world's toughest anti-tobacco laws after conservative opposition lawmakers on Wednesday postponed a final vote on the controversial legislation in parliament.

The new laws, which will force cigarettes to be sold in plain packaging from 2012, are being closely watched by New Zealand, Canada, the European Union and Britain, which are considering similar restrictions.

Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the conservatives, who managed to postpone an upper house Senate vote on the bills during a rancorous day in parliament for the minority Labor government, were playing into the hands of big tobacco firms.

"Given the delays in passing the bill caused by the opposition, the government now has no choice but to reconsider the impact on implementation timeframes," Roxon said.

Australia says the new laws reflect its obligations under the World Health Organization's 2005 framework against tobacco, which urges states to consider plain packaging laws. The WHO estimates more than 1 billion around the world are regular smokers, with 80 percent in low and middle income countries.

The laws have angered tobacco producers who have threatened a High Court challenge, while the governments of Nicaragua and Ukraine said the new measures breached international trade rules and would be challenged in the World Trade Organization.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard's government is hoping the laws will come into effect on January 1 next year, although the main provisions forcing all cigarettes to be sold in plain packaging only come into operation on July 1, 2012.

The delay in the Senate means the laws will not be voted on before November, forcing the government to reconsider now whether it can meet its deadlines.

Australia's Cancer Council said the Senate should end the political delays and get on with passing the legislation, with authorities estimating smoking now kills 15,000 Australians each year and costs the health system $32 billion.

"We know the tobacco industry is vehemently opposed to plain packaging, which is just another indication that plain packaging has great potential to reduce tobacco," council chief executive Ian Olver said.

Analysts say tobacco companies like Britain's Imperial Tobacco and Philip Morris are worried that plain packaging could spread to emerging markets like Brazil, Russia and Indonesia, and threaten growth there.

Australia's tobacco market generated total revenues of around $10 billion in 2009, up from A$8.3 billion in 2008, although smoking generally has been in decline. Around 22 billion cigarettes are sold in the country each year.

British American Tobacco, whose brands include Winfield, Dunhill and Benson & Hedges, has said the government's plans would infringe international trademark and intellectual property laws, promising a court challenge to the laws.

主站蜘蛛池模板: 新津县| 康平县| 渝中区| 舒城县| 汉源县| 蕲春县| 平度市| 邮箱| 合水县| 壤塘县| 台中市| 崇州市| 班戈县| 滦南县| 大石桥市| 来宾市| 五华县| 银川市| 砀山县| 苏尼特左旗| 正定县| 平陆县| 万州区| 五寨县| 亚东县| 潜山县| 扎赉特旗| 甘泉县| 包头市| 崇州市| 定西市| 天门市| 偃师市| 隆回县| 偃师市| 万年县| 吉安市| 海伦市| 镇赉县| 南木林县| 凤翔县| 泸溪县| 富川| 错那县| 辉县市| 张掖市| 定远县| 松滋市| 嫩江县| 民和| 怀宁县| 红安县| 安福县| 霍林郭勒市| 兰溪市| 苍梧县| 麻城市| 上饶县| 江北区| 崇州市| 泰州市| 崇义县| 平陆县| 抚州市| 克山县| 榕江县| 广水市| 景洪市| 康保县| 胶南市| 高州市| 巧家县| 同心县| 鹿泉市| 聂拉木县| 沙雅县| 项城市| 荥阳市| 托克逊县| 峨边| 徐汇区| 张家口市|