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Plain packaging for cigarettes

Geoff Riley

17th February 2015

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In January 2015, the UK government announced that the it had decided to bring forward the legislation for standardised packaging of cigarette packets before the end of this Parliament. A vote is expected in March 2015.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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