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High Court rejects tobacco firms' appeal against UK's "plain packaging" plans

Reuters - UK Focus

LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - Britain can go ahead with implementing its plan to require "plain packaging" on cigarettes this month, after the English High Court on Thursday rejected a legal challenge brought by Big Tobacco companies.

Philip Morris International (LSE: 0M8V.L - news) , British American Tobacco , Japan Tobacco International and Imperial Brands, the top international tobacco companies, had argued the law unlawfully took away their intellectual property. (Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by Michael Holden)