Leading tobacco companies strongly criticized the measures, questioning their effectiveness and saying they would encourage counterfeiting.
Many of PMI's allies accepted the argument that plain packs would encourage counterfeiting, something that would cost the Treasury millions of pounds.
"In a further twist it was revealed that a senior Olaf official had previously opposed plain cigarette packaging, on the grounds that it might encourage counterfeiting, an argument favoured by the tobacco industry but refuted by anti-tobacco activists who note that plain packs will have the same security markings currently used to distinguish genuine from counterfeit products," they say.
Tobacco firms have further argued that plain packaging would encourage counterfeiting and smuggling.
On July 19, Roberts sent a similar pair of coins to Secretary of the Treasury George Cortelyou, noting that Saint-Gaudens's use of a smooth finish to the design, rather than the sharp die work characteristic of the Liberty gold pieces, might encourage counterfeiting.
He falls back on everyday police strategies when he is in Chinatown, encouraging counterfeit crews to work against one another.
The Crimestoppers briefing said plain packaging encourages counterfeiting.
For example, critics of Google's practice have complained about one of the company's services, which suggests potential keywords to advertisers, including terms like "imitation handbags," which brand owners say encourage the sale of counterfeit goods.
In Nepal, over-the-counter availability, dispensing of antimicrobials without professional consultation, inappropriate usage and the use of antimicrobials with low potency as a result of poor manufacturing and storage conditions or counterfeiting are common, and encourage AMR development [ 3, 4].
Generic preparations (produced outside patent) should not be confused with counterfeits, but patent-holder lobby groups sometimes encourage such confusion in the interests of reducing their loss of market-share to generic production.
