The federal government has hit out at a major tobacco company
that is using the kangaroo on cigarette packages overseas.
British American Tobacco is using an image of a kangaroo and
the phrase "An Australian Favourite" on packets of Winfield
being sold in France, News Ltd has reported.
Attorney-General Nicola Roxon has said the kangaroo packets
are "outrageous".
"This kind of weaselly marketing tactic will soon have no
place here in Australia when all cigarettes will be in plain
packaging from December," she told News Ltd.
Labor's laws will force all cigarettes to be sold in drab
olive-brown packs from December 2012.
Major tobacco companies Philip Morris Asia, British American
Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco have initiated legal proceedings
against the new legislation.
Ms Roxon will hold a media conference in Melbourne today.
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