Position On Smoking
The IPA has been critical of scientific research on the dangers of passive smoking. A paper published by the IPA in 1996 described a major report of the National Health and Medical Research Council as "incoherent", "corrupt" and "incompetent".
The IPA has made the following criticisms proposals by the Australian government to introduce plain packaging of tobacco products:
- Plain packaging may not affect the consumption of those products and
- Plain packaging may infringe intellectual property rights in tobacco trademarks and logos.
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