HEALTH COACH - Cigarettes sold in green bulk according to new rules

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 Cigarettes sold in green bulk according to new rules  

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All cigarettes must be sold in light green packaging with health warnings

  
 New rules have come into force, which means that cigarettes and tobacco must be sold in green green packets and carry graphic health warnings. 
 
 The rules that also end the sale of packs of 10, are designed to discourage young people from getting used to. 
 
 Health groups welcomed the measure, as the number of smokers in the UK continues to decline. 
 
 But a group of smokers says that changes "infantilize" consumers and will make no difference to public health. 
 
 As part of efforts to "swallow" the image of tobacco, the mandatory green standard packaging must carry the newest health warnings more important on Two thirds of the world ' Front and rear of any package. 
 
 The color greenish brown has been described by some experts as "the ugliest color in the world".   
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 Largest health warnings on 65% of front and back 
 Graphical image at the top of the package 
 Brand name in a standard font 
 Minimum size of the pack of 20 cigarettes 
 More "deceptive" information, such as "low low" or "organic" 
 
 
 





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The number of young smokers is decreasing, but 40% of regular smokers begin before the age of 16

 
 
 Similar restrictions will also apply to electronic cigarettes and tobacco packages. 
 
 There will also be a ban on flavored cigarettes and tobacco. 
 
 Measures were introduced last year, but retailers have had time to get rid of old stocks. 
 
 Reduction of young smokers 
 
 Anti-smoking activists welcomed the changes, with Hazel Cheeseman, of Action on Smoking and Health, claiming that the packaging itself was a Advertising platform ", cigarette companies describing it as" their silent salesperson. "
 
" Brand and advertising is one of the things that helps recruit young people into smoking. 
 
 "So remove the mark Features, make health warnings bigger and more important, aims to protect young people from taking tobacco in the future," she said. 
 
 Two-thirds of smokers start before age 18 and Cancer Research UK also claims that its evidence shows that removing brand-name cigarette packs will reduce their attractiveness to children. 
 
 "No illusion" 
 
 Forest, the rights group of smokers, says the new rules "treat adults as naughty children" and "infantili" "
 
 Adults and even teenagers have no illusions about the health risks of smoking, "says its director, Simon Clark. 
 
 "Consumers do not need bigger warnings for health Tell them what they already know." 
 
 Scotland was the First part of the United Kingdom to support the introduction of simple packaging of tobacco products. 
 
 Countrywide movement could lead to 300,000 smokers less In the United Kingdom over the next year, a major review has suggested. 
 
 The Cochrane Review team, led by researchers in London and Oxford, estimated that the number of people who smoked in the UK could decline by 0.5% 
 
 
 
 The results were supported by a report by the Australian government, which showed a similar decline Of the prevalence of smoking - 0.55% - following the introduction of a simple packaging in 2012. 
 
 Currently, about 17% of the adult population of the UK are smokers .