Differing Legal Opinions On Cigarette Packaging Laws

Packaging of cigarettes is a subject of controversy between cigarette makers, governments, and law-makers across the world.

In their zeal to protect consumers from the indisputably harmful effects of smoking, governments have imposed increasingly tougher restrictions on brand advertising through the cigarette pack, and mandated the placement of graphics that detail the health hazards in horrific detail, such as a hole in the neck, mouth ulcers, and damaged lungs.

Tobacco companies have been challenging these measures in courts, considering the adverse effect on their businesses.

Interestingly, courts have differed in their pronouncements in these...