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Consider how those hours add up

Smokers inhale them all each time they light up, bathing the delicate lining of their lungs in a toxic cloud

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Sure, the sting will hurt, but the pain and swelling will lessen within several hours

Challenges: overcoming the inevitable The tobacco industry has vehemently opposed plain packaging,22 23 using multi-jurisdictional strategies including lobbying, organised opposition and front groups, public relations and media campaigns, and litigation.8 24 25 Each country will face its own obstacles, but strong political will, and the coalescing of civil society, advocates, public health and the medical profession can overcome these barriers.26 27 Furthermore, legal decisions in national and regional courts, and by World Trade Organisation panels established to arbitrate on disputes under bilateral and international trade agreements, have favoured plain packaging