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Stephen Williams MP leads calls for plain packaging for tobacco products

January 19, 2012 2:15 PM

Stephen is calling for all tobacco products to have plain packaging Stephen Williams, MP for Bristol West and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health, has joined public health professionals from around the UK to launch a campaign to raise awareness about the harmful influence of tobacco packaging.

Stephen has welcomed the news that, from April, the Coalition Government will ban the open display of tobacco products at supermarket kiosks, where they act as a temptation to existing smokers and impressionable teenagers alike. Now Stephen wants the Government to go further, by banning the use of the colourful packaging that tobacco companies use to entice new smokers.

This campaign is being led by Smoke Free South West and you can sign up to show your support at their website here: http://www.plainpacksprotect.co.uk. Stephen has written more about the launch of this campaign at his blog here.

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