The Impact Assessment on Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products was published on 12 February 2015. It specifically considers in detail the potential costs to the exchequer as a result of standardised packaging. This can be found on page 42.<\/p>
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The Impact Assessment can be found at:<\/p>
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https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-draft-regulations<\/a><\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on tax revenues of the introduction of standard packaging of tobacco.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/224002/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Impact Assessment makes clear how this research was used on page 53. It also considers the uncertainty associated with the estimates in the \u201cSensitivity and Risk\u201d analysis on page 69.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The published research paper includes a section on competing interests. The authors state that they have no connections to the tobacco industry, nor any financial or non-financial competing interests that relate to the area of this study.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> A copy of the research paper is attached.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Impact Assessment can be found at:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-draft-regulations<\/a><\/p>"}
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, "title" : "Impact Assessment: standardised packaging- tobacco"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Impact Assessment for the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015, which derives key valuables in its cost benefit analysis from the work of Pechey et al, what account he has taken of the statements in that article that it relies on best guess estimates and that its authors have an economic or personal stake in the issue.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/224003/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The draft regulations laid in Parliament on 23 February have a coming-into-force date of May 2016.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Certain parts of the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations implement the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and are therefore required to be brought into force in May 2016. For those regulations that introduce further requirements, it is clear that there are benefits for business if the requirements of the TPD and standardised packaging requirements are implemented at the same time.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Australian Government figures, from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey, show that smoking prevalence is at an all-time low since the implementation of standardised packaging. This change is likely to be attributable to cumulative effects of a range of policies, including standardised packaging.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will delay implementation of standardised tobacco packaging until data on its effects on smoking prevalence in Australia is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to lay before Parliament regulations on the standardisation of packaging of tobacco products.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will delay the commencement of regulations on the standardised packaging of tobacco products for 12 months or until any legal challenges have been concluded.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 132 of the judgment of the European Court of Justice in the case C-491/01 - British American Tobacco (Investments) and Imperial Tobacco, 10 December 2002, if he will ensure that legislative proposals he plans to bring forward on the standardised packaging of tobacco will meet the standard set down in that judgment for sufficient space to be provided on that packaging to affix other material, in particular concerning trademarks.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The Government has also published an impact assessment, assessing the costs and benefits of the policy. This can be found at:<\/p>