Look what they’ve done to my brandsCigarette-makers will weather the spread of plain-packaging laws AUSTRALIANS call them Winnie Blues. But their favourite cigarettes will lose their familiar blue and white livery under Australia’s new plain-packaging law, which takes effect on December 1st. From then all cigarettes must be sold in identical packs (“drab dark brown” is the approved colour) with th
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