UK Eyes Ozs Tough Anti-Smoking Laws Australia introduces new laws which ban advertising on cigarette packets, as the British government watches the impact. The British Government is considering following Australias lead by stripping all branding and logos from tobacco packaging. From today, Australia becomes the first country in the world to put all tobacco products in standardised packs which are a drab olive colour and have the manufacturers brand in a simple uniform font. The packs are covered in graphic health warnings portraying dying cancer sufferers, diseased feet and ill babies. The law bans the use of logos, brand imagery, symbols, other images, colours and promotional text. Australias plain packaging laws are a potential watershed for the global industry, which serves one billion regular smokers, according to World Health Organisation statistics. Australias government says the aim is to deter young people from smoking by stripping the habit of glamour. It is relying on studies showing that if people have not started smoking by the age of 26, there is a 99% chance they will never take it up. The potential hitch, experts say, is the popularity of social media amongst the very demographic the plan is targeting. After a series of Australian laws banning TV advertising and sports sponsorship and requiring most sellers to hide cigarettes from view, online is the final frontier for tobacco marketing. "If you are a tobacco marketer and youve only got this small <b>…<b>