UK: New cigarette packaging aims to burn out smoking
New standards for cigarette packaging have come into force in the UK, in a bid to dissuade people from smoking.
Health authorities say that the mud-green cigarette cartons with graphic warnings could persuade 300,000 people to quit smoking.
But not everyone is convinced it will work.
Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego reports from London.
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