Draft EU rules to open door to plain cigarette packets

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Draft EU rules to open door to plain cigarette packets

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/draft-eu-rules-open-door-plain-cigarette-packs-124348357--sector.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ug0niJUNI6zP83q_nT7VHw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-12-17T170548Z_1_CBRE8BG1BHR00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man smokes a cigarette in central London" align="left" title="A man smokes a cigarette in central London" border="0" /></a>BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive Commission is to propose larger health warnings on cigarette packets and a total ban on flavorings such as menthol, a draft revision of EU tobacco rules seen by Reuters showed on Monday. The proposals stop short of forcing all cigarettes to be sold in plain packets carrying graphic health warnings, as required in Australia from the start of this month. But individual EU governments will be free to insist on such packaging if they choose to do so. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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