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Australia smoking battle 'a global test case'

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This week the cigarette tobacco giant Philip Morris is launching a legal challenge against the Australian proposals to ban branding on cigarette packaging and for all cigarettes to be sold in olive green packets.

From Sydney, Nick Bryant reports on the legal battle with global implications.


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