mothers and grandmothers of the country have shown their support for the plans to bring in plain cigarette packaging for cigarettes, as per the poll that is published recently. a survey, which was conducted by a cancer research uk, 85 per cent of women who have kids or grandchildren below the age of 18 mentioned that kids should not be exposed to any kind of tobacco marketing at all such as brightly colored packets. last month, doctors criticized the government for abandoning a plan to introduce obligatory plainpackaging for products made up of tobacco. the decision came in spite of escalating evidence from nations such as australia, where the idea of plain packaging is up and running, that offering cigarettes in nonbranded packs makes them less attractive and motivates smokers to quit. carried out by yougov, the survey done on cancer research uk, exposed widespread worries regarding the influence of tobacco marketing on kids, as 92 per cent of female mentioning they would be concerned if their kids became captivated to smoking before they reach their age of 18. in a survey, more than 2,200 women were questioned, and 533 of them were grandmothers or mothers of children who have not attained their 18. alison cox is the head of tobacco control at uk&rsquos cancer research. alison mentioned that they would like to notice that the government safeguard children from tempt of sophisticated marketing done by the tobacco industry and introduce standardized, and plain packaging as a method to minimize the number of juvenile people who start smoking. smoking is the reason behind more than eight out of 10 instances of lung cancer, and more than 100,000 tobaccorelated fatalities each year. she further also mentioned that, at a young age, starting smoking significantly increases the risk of lung cancer. this is the reason why most of the mums and grandmothers states that no kid should be exposed to advertising for tobacco products. she concluded with saying that they are debating with the government to set up standardised, plain packaging of tobacco which, along with being an admired move, would highlight that the government takes care of the health of upcoming generations more than the revenues of the tobacco industry. every year, above 200,000 kids start up smoking, and surprisingly, the number of girls smoking regularly are more as compared to boys, the charity mentioned. the department of health has cleared that the authorities will wait to check the influence of the judgment to bring in plain packaging in australia. on the other hand, the government came under loop following it was suggested that, lynton crosby, who is the election strategist of conservative party, whose lobbying firm has worked with philip morris, who is tobacco giant, may have influenced the policy of government. however, mr crosby has denied the idea. source of information httpwww.independent.co.uknewsukhomenewscolourfulcigarettepacksdoappealtochi…
