Old packaging still with a discreet warning label but without images. In the run-up to the new packaging directive the opponents struggled for every inch and the initially 75% of surface ended up as 65% with warning label and shocking images. Photo: Björn Wylezich / fotolia.com
Still a familiar sight at check-out counters: tobacco packaging without horror images. The tobacco industry has been busy pre-producing and this is why the new packaging is only expected to show up on German retail shelves in the course of the year. Photo: oneblink1 / fotolia.com
Cigarette sales are going down. Advertising bans, warning notes and tax increases are putting pressure on the tobacco industry. Business, however, is bright. Higher prices, new markets and product developments make the smokers’ industry look to the future with optimism. Photo: graja / fotolia.com
31 May is World Non-Smokers Day: in 2016 it comes under the motto "Get ready for plain packaging - Mach Dich bereit für die Einheitspackung". Photo: REDSTARSTUDIO / fotolia.com.
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