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Government pushes ahead with plans for plain cigarette packs

The Government is to press ahead with plans to force tobacco firms to sell cigarettes in plain packets, after a review said the move would "very likely" improve public health and could contribute to a "modest but important reduction" in smoking.

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Plain packs aimed at 'denormalising smoking'

ITV News Deputy Political Editor Chris Ship has been speaking to Sir Cyril Chantler, the author of a review that concluded that plain cigarette packaging could contribute to a "modest but important reduction" in smoking rates.

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