ANTI-smoking campaigners in Scotland have welcomed a landmark court ruling that has made Australia the first country in the world to ban branding on cigarette packets.

The decision by the Australian High Court is the first legal test of attempts to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes, and comes just a month after the end of a public consultation on the policy by the Scottish Government and its UK counterparts.

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