The director of corporate affairs at Philip Morris, Chris Argent, said in a statement: ''Plain packaging would represent an unconstitutional expropriation of valuable intellectual property and violate a variety of Australia's international trade obligations, such as the agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights, the Paris convention, the technical barriers to trade agreement and the US-Australia free trade agreement
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Nicotine is the drug component of cigarettes and is very addictive.[8] About half of cigarette smokers die of tobacco-related disease[9] and lose on average 14 years of life.[8] Cigarette use by pregnant women has also been shown to cause birth defects, including low birth weight, fetal abnormalities, and premature birth.[10] Second-hand smoke from cigarettes causes many of the same health problems as smoking, including cancer, [11][12][13][14] which has led to legislation and policy that has prohibited smoking in many workplaces and public areas
