Junk Food and Booze Could Follow Tobacco in Plain Pack Push
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Plain packaging laws for cigarettes have thrown the Marlboro Man off his horse in Australia and now the U.K. is set to follow. Junk food and alcohol could be next.
The U.K.’s plan to force tobacco companies to sell their wares in standardized packs starting next year has revived concern among consumer-product makers that other goods deemed unhealthy by health campaigners could face similar legislation. Alcohol in Indonesia, infant formula in South Africa, and fatty foods in Chile are among the items already being targeted.