Why UK cigarettes could get Australian health warnings

No-deal Brexit would see an end to current EU images on tobacco packaging

Packets of cigarettes in a London shop
(Image credit: CARL COURT/AFP/Getty)

Tobacco products sold in the UK will feature Australian health warnings in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Department of Health has announced.

Health warnings accompanied by graphic images of smoking-related illnesses have been a feature of tobacco packaging in the UK since 2009.

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