Media on our plain packaging report

 

BBC R4 Today Programme: Would plain packs cut smoking?

Radio Five Live: Breakfast show & Victoria Derbyshire (from 1hr11mins in)

City AM: Plain cigarette packets could damage health

Daily Mail: Anti-smoking plain packaging zealots will just boost smuggling

Metro: Tobacco arguments plain for all to see

Daily Express: Plain cigarette packets 'illiberal'

Press Association: Plain cigarette packets 'illiberal'

ConservativeHome: Plain packaging proposals for cigarettes may actually harm the public

Politics.co.uk: Plain packing could fuel youth smoking, opponents warn

The report also received coverage in the Yorkshire Post, Evening Standard and a range of regional newspapers, on BBC London, BBC Scotland, BBC Leeds radio and in the Telegraph and Sunday Times.

Summary

The release of the Adam Smith Institute's report 'Plain packaging: Commercial expression, anti-smoking extremism and the risks of hyper-regulation' received widespread media attention. Below are some of our media highlights.

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