The evolution of tax stamps for a plain packaging world
While the concept of plain packaging for tobacco products has been around since the New Zealand Department of Health’s Toxic Substances Board first recommended in 1989 for cigarettes to only be sold in white packs with black text, no colors, no logos and non-descript type face, it has taken over two decades for the concept to become reality through the enactment of Australia’s Tobacco Plain Packaging Act in 2012. Article originally published in Reconnaissance Tax Stamp News.
