100 Tory MPs to fight plain packaging on cigarettes

Exclusive: 100 Conservative MPs are expected to vote against Government plans when the measure is put to a free vote of MPs in the next few weeks

This is what the new packs of cigarettes will look like
Up to 100 Tory MPs are planning to vote against Government plans to force tobacco companies to sell cigarettes in plain packaging, The Telegraph can disclose.
In a move that will cause embarrassment for Prime Minister David Cameron weeks ahead of the general election scores of Conservative MPs will vote against the plans.
There was widespread surprise last week when Jane Ellison, a junior health minister, said MPs would be given a vote on whether to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes.
Miss Ellison said plain packaging was a “proportionate and justified response” because of the health risks associated with smoking. Any new plain packaging law would come into force in May 2016.
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