# Cigarettes

All time

# Health

Tobacco company questions how much plain packaging will cost the State

TDs are due to debate a bill paving the way for plain packaging later this week.

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Jun 29th 2014, 3:16 PM

# Visits

Ministers to discuss Jimmy Savile's visits to Irish institutions

28 reports released yesterday revealed the shocking extent of the BBC presenter’s abuse in the UK.

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Jun 27th 2014, 10:40 PM

# crack down

The government is going to regulate the sale of e-cigarettes and ban their sale to under 18s

Health Minister James Reilly has previously expressed concerns about the harmful effects of electronic cigarettes.

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Jun 25th 2014, 8:30 AM

# Busted

The largest cigarette seizure in Europe happened in Drogheda this morning

Over €32 million worth of cigarettes were seized at Drogheda Port.

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Jun 24th 2014, 10:50 AM

# Oireachtas agenda

How important is alcohol to Irish agriculture?

Representatives from the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland will be visiting Leinster House today to discuss the issue.

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Jun 24th 2014, 9:00 AM

# state coughers

How much tax would a 60c cigarette price hike bring in? (Hint: Not as much as you think)

Michael Noonan’s been advised that the shock-and-awe tactic might have some other effects on smokers’ behaviour.

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Jun 17th 2014, 10:24 AM

# stop smoking

Think e-cigarettes are harmful? 37% of Irish people believe they are

About 29.3 million adults across the 27 countries have tried e-cigarettes.

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Jun 17th 2014, 6:00 AM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

Everyone’s talking about bugging at GSOC offices, mother and baby homes and cigarette packaging.

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Jun 10th 2014, 10:50 PM

# it's happening

It's official: Ireland will be the first country in the EU to bring in plain packaging on cigarettes

“Cigarette packets will no longer be a mobile advertisement for the tobacco industry,” said Minister James Reilly.

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Jun 10th 2014, 10:00 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should smoking in cars when children are present be banned?

Going too far? Or should it have been done years ago?

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Jun 6th 2014, 8:47 AM

# Up In Smoke

Eight businesses convicted after staff smoked on premises illegally

Three premises were also convicted for selling tobacco related products to minors in the first three months of 2014.

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Jun 4th 2014, 12:47 PM

# Customs

Plant stimulant and cigarettes seized in operations targeting tobacco black market

The items seized today have a total value of around €50,000.

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Jun 3rd 2014, 5:58 PM

# Smuggled

Not 'foil containers' but in fact 1.1 million illegal cigarettes

Revenue intercepted the container at Dublin Port yesterday.

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May 27th 2014, 12:55 PM

# Cancer

Banning mobile phones and cigarettes - this MEP candidate wants a simpler way of life

“We are literally floating in a sea of radiation nowadays. It’s completely reckless.”

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May 18th 2014, 9:00 AM

Voices

Opinion: E-Cigarettes – is ‘vaping’ in front of our children socially acceptable?

Yes, you’ve done fantastically well to ween yourself down from a Grade 1 carcinogen to the equivalent of weed killer. But that doesn’t make it OK vape in front of my three-year-old.

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May 17th 2014, 7:00 PM

# Smoked Out

Man in 60s arrested after €65,000 worth of cigarettes found in Dublin lockup

The cigarette seizure brings to €233,000 the value of seized tobacco this year.

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May 12th 2014, 4:18 PM

# VAPE NO MORE

More bad news for E-Cigs: They've been banned in public places in New York

‘Vaping’ is no longer allowed in restaurants, bars, parks, beaches and other public places.

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Apr 29th 2014, 10:25 PM

# Seizure

Twenty cases of counterfeit vodka hidden in air conditioning unit seized

A man in his 50s was arrested at the scene.

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Apr 26th 2014, 1:23 PM

# breaking lent

The Essential Guide to Breaking Your Lenten Fast

Today, we can do WHATEVER WE WANT.

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Apr 20th 2014, 9:30 AM

# almost there

Irish people can save the most cash by being good during Lent, say statistics

If you give up drink, cigarettes, fast food, coffee and sweets you could save around €550.

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Apr 19th 2014, 3:32 PM

# Up In Smoke

40,000 cigarettes seized at Cork Airport

The cigarettes had a retail value of almost €19,000 and a potential loss to the Exchequer of €14,500.

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Apr 14th 2014, 2:00 PM

# Black Market

Retailers group says Irish coastline is an "open door" for smugglers

Retailers are calling on the government to step up their fight against smugglers.

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Apr 9th 2014, 3:51 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should the sale of cigarettes be restricted to certain times?

The sale of tobacco products could be banned between 7am and 9am and after 6pm.

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Apr 4th 2014, 9:15 AM

# plain packaging

Government 'should consider banning cigarette sales after 6pm'

An Oireachtas Committee has produced a detailed and wide-ranging report on the proposal to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes.

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Apr 3rd 2014, 1:45 PM

# Cigarettes

Ireland has the third highest rate in the EU of non duty tobacco

Noonan says the illegal tobacco trade is a high priority.

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Mar 30th 2014, 2:13 PM

# Cigarettes

Smoking bans linked with a fall in premature births

A study published today shows such bans are also linked to a similar fall in the hospitals visits by children wit asthma.

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Mar 28th 2014, 6:45 AM

# Cigarettes

Revenue seizes 110kg of roll-your-own tobacco

An Irish male in his thirties was questioned and a file is being prepared for prosecution.

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Mar 20th 2014, 10:14 PM

# Seized

Cigarettes hidden in 12 suitcases seized at Cork Airport

Officers stopped and searched four men as they disembarked a flight from Wroclaw last night.

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Mar 17th 2014, 6:01 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should e-cigarettes be banned in all workplaces?

Irish Rail have banned them on their trains, should others follow suit?

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Mar 11th 2014, 9:52 AM

# HSE

Age Action welcomes campus smoking ban exemption for some nursing homes

Residents of the homes, as well as public psychiatric facilities, at sites in the Midlands will be exempt.

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Mar 5th 2014, 10:02 PM

# Smoke and Mirrors

Man tries to smoke 100 cigarettes in one go, fails miserably

Don’t try this at home, kids.

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Mar 5th 2014, 4:40 PM

# RIP

Gerry Collins, who appeared in hard-hitting anti-smoking ads, has died

The 57-year-old father-of-three was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer last year.

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Mar 3rd 2014, 12:30 PM

# Smoking

Tobacco bosses told: 'You represent an illness industry, it's payback time'

The bosses of the cigarette companies maintain that plain tobacco packaging will boost illegal sales.

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Feb 13th 2014, 1:10 PM

Voices

Column: We owe it to the next generation to fight tobacco with everything we've got

How can we protect our young people from the tactics of the tobacco industry? The answer is simple: plain packaging, writes Kathleen O’Meara.

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Feb 13th 2014, 7:00 AM

# Oireachtas agenda

Cigarettes, peace, the Docklands... and everything else happening in Leinster House today

What’s are the folks on Kildare Street up to today? Well, you asked…

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Feb 6th 2014, 9:00 AM

# Cigarettes

US pharmacy chain to stop selling tobacco products in €1.5bn move

Cigarettes and other tobacco products will no longer be sold in any of the CVS’s 7,600 stores from later this year.

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Feb 5th 2014, 1:58 PM

# smoke signals

E-cig distributors welcome under-18s ban, call for regulation

Some e-cigarette distributors report that parents have been been attempting to purchase e-cigarettes for their teenage children.

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Jan 28th 2014, 7:00 AM

# Asthma

This woman doesn't smoke but cigarettes have almost killed her

Just how dangerous is passive smoking?

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Jan 26th 2014, 10:15 AM

# Black Market

Counterfeit cigarette packs 'so good' professionals can't tell the difference

The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Bill 2013 was discussed by the Oireachtas today with a focus on the impact it could have on the black market.

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Jan 23rd 2014, 3:15 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you think plain cigarette packaging will deter smokers?

Plain packaging on cigarette packets is being discussed today in Leinster House.

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Jan 23rd 2014, 9:41 AM