It is now illegal to sell cigarettes in Australia in anything other than plain packs covered in health warnings with the brand name only permitted in a plain font along the bottom of the pack. I, along with nearly the entire population, agree with the move if it stops kids from taking up smoking.
But what wasn't expected are the complaints from smokers that the cigarettes don't taste the same.
The tobacco companies have vowed to fight this law all the way to the International Court in the Hague but it wouldn't surprise me if they have fiddled with the flavour off their product in order to win the support of the smokers. IMO the government didn't go far enough, they should have classified nicotine as a controlled substance & taken over the distribution of cigarettes, cigars, etc.
It is after all, the only product on the market that if used as intended, will kill the user. Imagine trying to get a product like that licensed to sell today. Not a chance in hell.