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  1. intellectual property
    intangible property that is the result of creativity
    Last year, a challenge to the law brought by British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris Australia — arguing that it was a violation of their intellectual property rights — was dismissed by the Australian High Court.
  2. datum
    an item of factual information from measurement or research
    In the United States, the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the smoking rate was 21.5 percent among adult men and 17.3 percent for adult women.
  3. tobacconist
    a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles
    The taste issue comes into sharp focus at Sol Levy Tobacconist.
  4. empower
    give or delegate authority to
    In the United States, a 2009 law empowered the Food and Drug Administration to require large graphic and text warnings on the top half of the front and back of cigarette packs.
  5. recoup
    regain or make up for
    She said, “With all of the changes they were forced to make, there was no way to recoup their money, so the cigarette companies appear to have taken advantage of it and sourced their product from somewhere else.”
  6. iconic
    relating to a symbolic figure
    More than seven months have passed since Australia imposed one of the world’s toughest laws for tobacco warning labels, swapping iconic packaging for graphic images of mouth ulcers, cancerous lungs and gangrenous limbs.
  7. nanny
    someone who cares for children
    But when it comes to plain packaging, the ire she normally reserves for the “nanny state” is pointed at Big Tobacco.
  8. bilateral
    having two sides or parts
    Philip Morris Asia, whose headquarters are in Hong Kong, is challenging the legislation under a broad 1993 bilateral trade agreement aimed at promoting and protecting trade between Australia and Hong Kong.
  9. proprietary
    protected by trademark or patent or copyright
    The most reliable sales figures are proprietary and guarded by the tobacco companies, while the government’s latest figures will not be released until September.
  10. psychological
    mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature
    “It was just that people being confronted with the ugly packaging made the psychological leap to disgusting taste.”
  11. dominant
    most frequent or common
    Cuba, the world’s dominant producer of fine cigars, filed a “request for consultations” in May with Australia through the World Trade Organization, the first time the country has used the forum to confront another nation directly over its commercial laws.
  12. indication
    the act of pointing out by name
    “But the best short-term indication I have that it’s working is the flood of calls we had in the days after the introduction of plain packaging accusing the government of changing the taste of cigarettes,” Ms. Plibersek said.
  13. govern
    exercise authority over, as of nations
    Her business, she said, has been hurt by high taxes and restrictive rules governing tobacco.
  14. perception
    the process of becoming aware through the senses
    “You can influence the perception of taste by the packaging that something comes in.
  15. disgust
    strong feelings of dislike
    “It was just that people being confronted with the ugly packaging made the psychological leap to disgusting taste.”
  16. bureau
    an administrative unit of government
    Last year, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 20.4 percent of adult men were smokers and 16.3 percent of adult women smoked.
Created on Thu Jul 11 15:14:37 EDT 2013

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