The nanny state marches onward

[FlyingJesus]

Surely by removing the branding and all of that, companies can produce the boxes cheaper and therefore get a larger profit. Therefore if profit is taxed rather than revenue (I'm not sure which is actually taxed), it means more money for the government?

You can't expect socialists to understand economics

[Inseriousity.]

Cigarettes are now so expensive my dad buys the cheap ****. God knows what added nasties are in them so I'm not a fan of this change, making it easier for them to fake. The government will never want to stop smokers/drinkers from quitting altogether as it provides great tax for the treasury so it comes up with half-baked ideas like hiding **** and removing their labels etc as a PR stunt to show it cares. Addiction and peer pressure are a lot harder to tackle, after all.