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" A teenager has voiced her support for proposals to introduce plain cigarette packaging in England. The government&amp;#039;s consultation on plans to introduce mandatory plain packaging for tobacco products ended earlier this month (August 2012), after being extended to accommodate the high levels of public interest. Courtney Hamilton-Foad, a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health&amp;#039;s Youth Advisory Panel, believes plain packaging is a &amp;#039;no-brainer&amp;#039; if it protects young people from the lure of cigarettes. She claimed that some children are &amp;#039;easily influenced and think being seen with a particular box of cigarettes looks really cool&amp;#039;. Ms Hamilton-Foad is concerned that children are still enticed by shiny, brightly-coloured cigarette packs, despite the health warnings they carry. &amp;#039;It&amp;#039;s simple; if the packaging is plain, children will be less attracted to it, less able to distinguish between brands which means they&amp;#039;ll be less likely to smoke,&amp;#039; she insisted. Research conducted by YouGov on behalf of the campaign group Action on Smoking and Health suggests that 62 per cent of adults in England support the proposed introduction of plain packaging for all tobacco products. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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