With lower per-unit prices, fewer trips to the store, and the convenience of having a steady supply, cartons often make financial sense
Lifelong tobacco smokers lose at least 10 years of life on average
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The neighbouring World Health Organization weighed in on the WTO decision, saying: The ruling clears another legal hurdle thrown up in the tobacco industrys efforts to block tobacco control and is likely to accelerate implementation of plain packaging around the globe. Six other countries have implemented plain packaging laws (Hungary, Ireland, France, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom), another six have passed laws yet to be implemented (Burkina Faso, Canada, Georgia, Romania, Slovenia and Thailand) and a number of other countries are examining the policy, according to WHO
