Plain packaging for cigarettes improves retail transaction times

Australia implemented generic packaging laws on 1 December 2012.1 Similar legislation under consideration in the UK is vigorously opposed by national retail groups. Dubious tobacco industry funded studies predict tobacco transaction times will increase by 15-45 s and selection errors by 5-25%,2 3 costing retailers nationwide £37m (€43m; $57.5m) a year.4 Conversely, independent peer reviewed …