John Oliver highlights Australia's cigarette plain packaging laws, introduces new tobacco mascot 'Jeff the Diseased Lung'

By Josephine Tovey
Updated February 18 2015 - 11:08am, first published 10:37am
John Oliver ridicules the tobacco industry's Supreme Courst case against the Australian federal government's plain packaging laws for cigarette cartons. Photo: YouTube
John Oliver ridicules the tobacco industry's Supreme Courst case against the Australian federal government's plain packaging laws for cigarette cartons. Photo: YouTube
This Week Tonight's John Oliver explains Australia's plain packaging laws for cigarette cartons before introducing an alternative cigarette mascot - 'Jeff the Diseased Lung'. Photo: YouTube
This Week Tonight's John Oliver explains Australia's plain packaging laws for cigarette cartons before introducing an alternative cigarette mascot - 'Jeff the Diseased Lung'. Photo: YouTube

Australia's plain packaging cigarette laws have received global attention thanks to a starring role in a segment of John Oliver's satirical television news program, which skewered big tobacco companies and explained how they attack laws designed to reduce cigarette consumption and protect public health.

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