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# Smoking

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Millions of Americans could be banned from smoking in their own homes
Detention centre puts children in isolation for smoking and bad language
You'll now have to break a €20 to buy a pack of cigs
Does raising tax on cigarettes actually work?
Ex-prisoner successfully sues France for putting him in a cell with smokers
Government does NOT intend to ban vaping in pubs and offices
Your chances of dying, ranked by sport and activity
Vaping is now officially less harmful than smoking, and it's time the Irish health authorities acknowledged that fact
Joe Dunne
Vaping is about 95% less harmful than smoking
This Irish dad caught his son smoking and issued the harshest punishment ever
Watch: Inmates stage riot as Australian authorities introduce prison smoking ban
Debate Room: Are keep fit schemes in work a great idea or majorly intrusive?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
Poll: Should the legal smoking age in Ireland be raised?
Ramadan begins today - but it's not as straightforward as simply fasting
This Enniscorthy youth group's anti-smoking film is a cinematic masterpiece
Poll: Is it okay to smoke around your children?
How do Ireland's smoking levels compare with Europe? Pretty good actually
How do you get smokers to quit? Pay them
Who said that? Don't be shocked by coughing and talking bus shelters
Oldest US veteran turns 109 (and still smokes like a trooper)
The workplace smoking ban didn't stop people smoking and the Celtic Tiger is to blame
9 favourite activities people do when they're stoned
Is tougher legislation needed for e-cigarettes?
Being unhealthy can be a bit of a goldmine...
Could you have a stroke in the next 10 years? Where you live could have a lot to do with it...
These scans show the harmful effects of smoking on unborn babies
Big Tobacco lobbied hard and aggressively... but lost anyway
Big Tobacco says plain-packaging laws are a 'failure' - are they telling the truth?
Government has paid €4 million to firms linked to Big Tobacco since 2013
One year on: 'If even one person stops smoking, then it will all be worth it’
Why are tobacco companies opposing this so vigorously? They're afraid.
James Reilly
Why we should 'relax the smoking ban in bars and give smokers a break'
Why are so many non-religious people still giving things up for Lent?
Big Tobacco is threatening James Reilly but plain packs 'will be in shops by May 2017'
Are you a smoker? Cigarettes could shrink a vital part of your brain
The things most likely to kill you in one handy infographic
Chocolate or cigarettes? This is how these scientists prove plain packaging tobacco works
How to get pregnant women to quit smoking? Pay them
9 reasons you should definitely quit smoking this year
Women smoke to 'deal with stress of pregnancy'