# Tobacco

This year

2023

# Your Say

Poll: Should the legal smoking age be increased to 21?

Yesterday was World No Tobacco Day.

16.2k

Jun 1st 2023, 10:05 AM

# Smoking

Trying to quit smoking? Nicotine patches, gum and lozenges are now available for free

The HSE made the announcement this National No Smoking Day.

13.8k

Feb 21st 2023, 3:03 PM

Last year

2022

# Seized

Revenue seizes €1.3 million worth of tobacco at Dublin Port

The tobacco was found in a consignment that arrived into Dublin Port from the Netherlands.

7.3k

Oct 4th 2022, 6:31 PM

# revenue seizure

Tobacco, beer and wine with estimated value of over €300,000 seized at Rosslare Europort

Close to 26,000 litres of beer, over 11,800 litres of wine, and around 77.5 kilograms of ‘roll your own’ tobacco were seized.

14.5k

Sep 26th 2022, 12:32 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should the legal age to buy cigarettes be increased?

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland wants to raise the age to 21.

37.4k

110

Sep 12th 2022, 10:32 AM

# Seized

Revenue seizes €5.5 million worth of tobacco and cigarettes

The seizure was made at Dublin Port.

17.1k

Aug 30th 2022, 6:33 PM

# rollies

Revenue officers seize 2.5 tonnes of illegal tobacco in Meath

The 2,500 kilogrammes had a retail value of over €1.7 million.

18.0k

Aug 10th 2022, 3:38 PM

# cancer crackdown

European Commission seeks ban on flavoured heated tobacco products

The devices heat tobacco up to 350°C, lower than the 600°C of conventional cigarettes.

8.3k

Jun 29th 2022, 4:29 PM

# Tobacco

Increase minimum age for cigarettes each year until no-one can buy them, UK govt advised

Dr Javed Khan issued four critical ‘must-dos’ for the UK Government to act upon immediately.

20.0k

Jun 9th 2022, 6:17 PM

All time

# Your Say

Poll: Should shops that sell cigarettes to minors be banned from selling them for a few days?

Shops that sell cigarettes to minors are to be banned for up to a month, under new legislation.

29.9k

Nov 8th 2021, 8:46 AM

# budget 2022

Most packets of cigarettes will now cost €15 after 50c tax hike

This is the sixth year in a row the price has increased by that amount.

35.3k

Oct 12th 2021, 1:44 PM

# Smuggling

Retailers say spike in seized tobacco hints at 'large-scale' cigarette factories in Ireland

Revenue has announced four major seizures of loose raw tobacco with an estimated retail value of €8.1m.

15.5k

Aug 31st 2021, 3:13 PM

# Seized

€700k worth of smuggled tobacco uncovered in shipment labelled as 'potatoes'

The tobacco was discovered in a container that had arrived on a vessel from Rotterdam.

14.6k

Aug 12th 2021, 5:09 PM

# Seized

Revenue seize tobacco and cigarettes worth €7.3 million at Dublin Port

The consignment had originated in Bulgaria.

7.8k

Jul 16th 2021, 12:50 PM

# Dublin Port

Revenue find 10.5 million illegal cigarettes in Dublin Port search operation

The tobacco products were found in a container which had come from Asia via the Netherlands.

15.8k

Jul 15th 2021, 10:45 PM

# Smokes

The price of a packet of cigarettes is going up by 50 cent

It’s the fifth Budget in a row to see the price increase by that amount.

43.8k

Oct 13th 2020, 1:44 PM

# Revenue

Revenue seize €220k worth of cigarettes and €28k in cash in planned Dublin raid

The find represents a potential loss to the Exchequer of €178k.

18.6k

Oct 9th 2020, 4:19 PM

# Cigarettes

60,000 cigarettes and counterfeit clothing seized by gardaí in Donegal

Gardaí carried out a number of searches in Ballyshannon last night.

18.1k

May 9th 2020, 2:33 PM

# Seized

Revenue seize 240kgs of tobacco and machinery associated with illicit cigarette manufacturing

Revenue has also seized 860,000 cigarettes in the last week.

18.3k

Feb 12th 2020, 3:46 PM

# Longford

Gardaí seize 34,000 illegally imported cigarettes and tobacco products

The seizure was made during a search at Rathcline Court, Lanesborough in Co Longford.

11.5k

Dec 20th 2019, 6:58 PM

# Detector dog

More than 24,000 cigarettes and almost 20kg of tobacco seized by Revenue

The products were seized after two separate searches in Wexford and Tipperary.

10.3k

Oct 14th 2019, 4:21 PM

Voices

Opinion: Is there now an argument for banning e-cigarettes in Ireland?

E-cigarettes are not harmless, but now is not the time for mass hysteria, writes Professor Des Cox.

21.7k

Sep 29th 2019, 1:00 PM

# Tax Hikes

Raise price of cigarettes to €20 a pack by 2025, government told

The Irish Heart Foundation is arguing for the move in its pre-Budget submission.

24.6k

Aug 15th 2019, 6:30 AM

# Smoking

New legislation to ban sale of e-cigarettes to people under the age of 18

The legislation will be considered by government in September.

12.6k

Jul 29th 2019, 6:15 AM

# Limerick

Tobacco worth over €15,000 seized by Revenue officers in Munster

The seizures occurred following operations in Shannon and Limerick city.

17.3k

Jun 14th 2019, 9:22 PM

# Smoking

'It's just not good behaviour': Hospital anti-smoking policy flouted by patients and visitors

On 4 July 2012, Beaumont Hospital became a “tobacco-free campus”.

49.6k

158

Apr 22nd 2019, 12:05 AM

# vaping

Teen vapers are more likely to use sweet-flavoured e-cigarettes than adult vapers, study finds

The US Food and Drug Administration has declared youth e-cigarette use as an epidemic in the country.

13.9k

Mar 18th 2019, 11:00 AM

# hooked on hookah

Irish Heart Foundation 'strongly' advises against use of hookah pipes due to carbon monoxide levels

The IHF says many users mistakenly believe that it is not addictive.

19.0k

Mar 18th 2019, 6:30 AM

# Revenue

Revenue seize car and cigarettes and tobacco worth over €16,500

This represents a potential loss to the Exchequer of almost €13,500.

16.1k

Mar 15th 2019, 8:14 PM

# Seizure

Revenue seizes cigarettes and tobacco worth €20,000 at Dublin Airport

Revenue said that its officers made the seizure during routine operations yesterday morning.

17.0k

Feb 26th 2019, 11:49 AM

# Shadow economy

Cash and 24,000 cigarettes seized in Donegal and Galway

The seizures are part of Revenue’s ongoing operations targeting the shadow economy.

17.1k

Oct 8th 2018, 9:24 PM

# Rosslare Europort

Sangria smuggled in boxes labelled 'orange juice' seized alongside 15kg of tobacco

The goods worth roughly €18,000 were seized in Rosslare over the past two days.

15.9k

Sep 11th 2018, 7:45 PM

# divestment

Courts Service of Ireland reduces shares in Big Tobacco, but still holds €4.5m worth in stocks

Critics state the Courts Services continued investment in the tobacco industry flies in the face of the government’s Tobacco Free Ireland vision.

12.3k

Jul 29th 2018, 7:00 AM

# Revenue

Alcohol, tobacco and medicine seized at Dublin Port

The contraband products have a combined estimated retail value of almost €9,000.

10.4k

Jun 15th 2018, 5:54 PM

# Dublin Port

'It's illegal and they'll be seized': DSPCA condemns transport of puppies without passports to UK

Revenue officers seized five puppies at Dublin Port yesterday.

15.7k

Updated

Jun 7th 2018, 11:05 AM

# no smoke without fire

Big Tobacco made €7,900 for every dead smoker in 2015, according to a new report

The latest edition of the Tobacco Atlas says that the industry is maximising profits by targeting the ‘vulnerable’ in places like Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

11.8k

Mar 9th 2018, 6:05 AM

# Operations

Revenue officers seize illegal cash, drugs, alcohol and tobacco worth €200,000 in series of operations

Most recently, officers seized 6,400 cigarettes and 4.7 kg of tobacco.

18.3k

Jan 8th 2018, 8:33 PM

# You've been warned

US tobacco companies ordered to put out statement telling people their products kill

The statements started appearing in newspaper adverts yesterday.

10.4k

Nov 27th 2017, 10:15 AM

# undeclared

Over €19,000 worth of smuggled alcohol and cigarettes seized in Dublin

Over 28,000 contraband cigarettes were seized at Dublin Airport this weekend.

13.4k

Aug 28th 2017, 5:26 PM

# crackdown

Revenue seizes 230,000 cigarettes and 160 kilos of tobacco in Dublin

A large quantity of cash was also detained.

19.9k

Aug 3rd 2017, 3:09 PM