Plain wrappers for Aussie cigs

CIGARETTES will have to be sold under plain, logo-free wrappers in Australia under a new law put forward yesterday.

The ban would take effect from July 2012 and packets would have a compulsory prominent government health warning with the brand name relegated to tiny, generic print at the bottom.

“The new branding for cigarettes will be the most hardline regime in the world and cigarette companies will hate it,” Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said.