Imperial Tobacco Australia Limited - s.87B undertaking

Imperial Tobacco Australia has undertaken that it will:

• remove 'light' and 'mild' descriptors and related numbers from all cigarettes produced for Australian consumers by 1 October 2005 and by 24 October for imported cigarettes;
• not make claims about the health benefits of low yield cigarettes when compared to high yield cigarettes; and
• pay $1 million to the ACCC to fund anti-smoking consumer education campaigns and programs concerning low yield cigarettes.