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The government is to postpone its plans to introduce standardised plain packaging for cigarettes in the UK.
Ministers are expected to tell MPs that a decision on the policy has been formally delayed so that more time can be spent examining how similar plans have worked in Australia.
The aim of such packaging is to discourage young people from smoking by making the packets less attractive.
Campaigners said they were bitterly disappointed with the decision.
The packets would all be the same colour, with the same font and carry a prominent graphic warning.
Ministers were keen to go ahead with the proposal after the Department of Health held a consultation last year.
But Downing Street was said to be worried about the impact on jobs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23281804
Ministers are expected to tell MPs that a decision on the policy has been formally delayed so that more time can be spent examining how similar plans have worked in Australia.
The aim of such packaging is to discourage young people from smoking by making the packets less attractive.
Campaigners said they were bitterly disappointed with the decision.
The packets would all be the same colour, with the same font and carry a prominent graphic warning.
Ministers were keen to go ahead with the proposal after the Department of Health held a consultation last year.
But Downing Street was said to be worried about the impact on jobs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23281804