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lung and heart disease, and hurting families."In 2012, Australia became the first country to mandate plain packaging for cigarettes, in a bid to reduce smoking rates, and has since been followed by other nations including France and Britain.But big tobacco firms including Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco and Japan Tobacco International have launched legal challenges against such laws, arguing they impinge on their trademark intellectual property.The Permanent Court of Arbitration, established to settle international disputes, declined to comment on its decision to refuse jurisdiction for the arbitration proceedings in Singapore.Philip Morris accused Australia of using a procedural issue to avoid addressing the legality and effectiveness of plain packages, calling the move "regrettable"."There is nothing in today's outcome that addresses, let alone validates, plain packaging in Australia or anywhere else," Philip Morris' senior vice president and general counsel Marc Firestone said in a statement Friday, adding that his firm was reviewing the decision to determine its response."This case has never been about a government's undeniable authority to regulate in the public interest
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