Bruce Cran: Plain packaging regulations are anti-consumer

The Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC) is calling on the federal government to put an end to its war on consumer rights, as most recently evidenced by plain packaging regulations introduced for tobacco products. In addition to plain packaging, the regulations also seek to standardize the appearance of packages and even individual cigarettes.
The CAC is raising this concern not due to any affinity for tobacco products, but because of the dangerous precedent set when any p