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The Government believes that standardised packaging is a proportionate and justified response to the considerable public health harm from smoking tobacco. We continue to consider carefully all issues relevant to the policy, including the impact on intellectual property rights.<\/p>
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The Government has considered carefully all aspects relevant to standardised packaging of tobacco products, including potential impacts on illicit trade. HM Revenue & Customs has prepared an assessment of the potential impact of standardised packaging on illicit tobacco, which will be published in due course.<\/p>
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The Government has considered carefully all issues relevant to the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products, including legal aspects.<\/p>
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The Government currently has no plans to publish its response to the detailed opinions issued by European Union member states to the notification of the draft regulations for Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products.<\/p>
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The notification and information about which member states responded can be found at:<\/p>
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