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"Jo Butcher, of the National Children's Bureau, agreed: "It's essential that we create a culture that promotes and protects public health and tobacco legislation is a significant factor in making this happen."
Jean King, of charity Cancer Research UK, said the ban would help stop children who are attracted to brightly coloured tobacco packaging from taking up smoking but further action was still needed.
"Of course we want to see the pack branding taken away as well. This is not a normal consumer product, it kills people. We want to protect the next generation of children," she said.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley: "We want to arrive at a place where we no longer see smoking as a normal part of life/ However, the move has upset the tobacco industry."
Taken from BBC news online.
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http://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_833.pdf