http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. France's top constitutional body on Wednesday approved a new tax on sugary drinks that aims to fight obesity while giving a boost to state coffers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-france-soda-tax.html Health Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:54:14 EST news244292048 Britain should introduce a ban on all smoking in cars to protect people from second-hand smoke, a leading doctors' union said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-british-cars-doctors.html Health Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:10:01 EST news240658867 Australia's world-first plan for plain cigarette packaging inched closer Thursday when the legislation passed through the upper house of parliament. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-plain-packet-cigarettes-closer-australia.html Health Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:16:10 EST news240135365 Australia's world-first plan for plain packaging on cigarettes has been delayed, giving tobacco firms extra time to prepare, the government said Wednesday, with the first sales now due in December 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-plain-packet-cigarettes-australia.html Health Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:35:24 EST news239430917