Industry opposition: predicted retailer effects
Industry predictions about retailer effects
Deloitte., Potential impact on retailers from the introduction of plain tobacco packaging, 2011, Alliance of Australian Retailers: Sydney. Available from https://www.australianretailers.com.au/downloads/pdf/deloitte/2011_01_31_AAR_Plain_Packaging2.pdf
Deloitte., Plain packaging and channel shift, 2011, Alliance of Australian Retailers: Sydney. Available from https://www.australianretailers.com.au/downloads/pdf/deloitte/Potential_impact_of_channel_shift.pdf
Independent research on likely effects on retailers
Carter, O. B., Mills, B. W., Phan, T. and Bremner, J. R., Measuring the effect of cigarette plain packaging on transaction times and selection errors in a simulation experiment, Tobacco Control 2011. Available from http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2011/09/23/tobaccocontrol-2011-050087.abstract
Guthrie J, Hoek J, Darroch E, and Wood Z. A qualitative analysis of New Zealand retailers' responses to standardised packaging legislation and tobacco industry opposition. BMJ Open, 2015; 5(11):e009521. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26553840
Retailers’ subjective assessments of effects of legislation
Australian Association of Convenience Stores, Impact of plain packaging on small retailers - wave 2, 2013. Available from http://www.aacs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Impact-of-Plain-Packaging-on-Small-Retailers-W2-Final-Report.pdf
For Cancer Council Victoria critique of this report see here
Observed effects on retailers after legislation
Carter, O., Welch, M., Mills, B., Phan, T. and Chang, P., Plain packaging for cigarettes improves retail transaction times, BMJ 2013. p. f1063. Available from http://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f1063?view=long&pmid=23423370
Wakefield, M., Bayly, M. and Scollo, M., Product retrieval time in small tobacco retail outlets before and after the Australian plain packaging policy: real-world study, Tobacco Control 2013. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23712769
http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2013/05/25/tobaccocontrol-2013-050987
Bayly M, Scollo M, and Wakefield M. No lasting effects of plain packaging on cigarette pack retrieval time in small Australian retail outlets. Tobacco Control, 2014. Available from: http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2014/05/30/tobaccocontrol-2014-051683.short
Scollo M, Zacher M, Durkin S, and Wakefield M. Early evidence about the predicted unintended consequences of standardised packaging of tobacco products in Australia: a cross-sectional study of the place of purchase, regular brands and use of illicit tobacco. BMJ Open, 2014; 4(8). Available from: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/8/e005873.abstract
Scollo M, Coomber K, Zacher M, and Wakefield M. Did smokers shift from small mixed businesses to discount outlets following the introduction of plain packaging in Australia? A national cross-sectional survey. Tobacco Control, 2015; 24:ii98-ii100. Available from: http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/24/Suppl_2/ii98.full