Roxon said while countries had raised with Australia the trade implications of the laws, her government would fight to maintain them.
"It's never been asserted successfully around the world in any trade dispute that governments are not allowed to take public health measures to protect their community," she said.
Tobacco advertising was banned from Australian television and radio in 1976. Restrictions on advertising have tightened over the years to include print ads, the Internet and retail outlets.
Smokers account for 17 percent of Australia's population, compared with around 20 percent of American adults.
With high taxes aimed at dissuading smokers, a pack of 25 cigarettes retails in Australia for about 16 Australian dollars ($17).
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