# tobacco - Tuesday 31 August, 2021
# Smuggling
# Smuggling
Revenue has announced four major seizures of loose raw tobacco with an estimated retail value of €8.1m.
# tobacco - Thursday 12 August, 2021
# Seized
# Seized
The tobacco was discovered in a container that had arrived on a vessel from Rotterdam.
# tobacco - Friday 16 July, 2021
# Seized
# Seized
The consignment had originated in Bulgaria.
# tobacco - Thursday 15 July, 2021
# Dublin Port
# Dublin Port
The tobacco products were found in a container which had come from Asia via the Netherlands.
# tobacco - Tuesday 13 October, 2020
# Smokes
# Smokes
It’s the fifth Budget in a row to see the price increase by that amount.
# tobacco - Friday 9 October, 2020
# Revenue
# Revenue
The find represents a potential loss to the Exchequer of €178k.
# tobacco - Saturday 9 May, 2020
# Cigarettes
# Cigarettes
Gardaí carried out a number of searches in Ballyshannon last night.
# tobacco - Wednesday 12 February, 2020
# Seized
# Seized
Revenue has also seized 860,000 cigarettes in the last week.
# tobacco - Friday 20 December, 2019
# Longford
# Longford
The seizure was made during a search at Rathcline Court, Lanesborough in Co Longford.
# tobacco - Monday 14 October, 2019
# Detector Dog
# Detector Dog
The products were seized after two separate searches in Wexford and Tipperary.
# tobacco - Sunday 29 September, 2019
# Vaping
# Vaping
E-cigarettes are not harmless, but now is not the time for mass hysteria, writes Professor Des Cox.
# tobacco - Thursday 15 August, 2019
# Tax Hikes
# Tax Hikes
The Irish Heart Foundation is arguing for the move in its pre-Budget submission.
# tobacco - Monday 29 July, 2019
# Smoking
# Smoking
The legislation will be considered by government in September.
# tobacco - Friday 14 June, 2019
# Limerick
# Limerick
The seizures occurred following operations in Shannon and Limerick city.
# tobacco - Monday 22 April, 2019
# Smoking
# Smoking
On 4 July 2012, Beaumont Hospital became a “tobacco-free campus”.
# tobacco - Monday 18 March, 2019
# Vaping
# Vaping
The US Food and Drug Administration has declared youth e-cigarette use as an epidemic in the country.
# Hooked On Hookah
# Hooked On Hookah
The IHF says many users mistakenly believe that it is not addictive.
# tobacco - Friday 15 March, 2019
# Revenue
# Revenue
This represents a potential loss to the Exchequer of almost €13,500.
# tobacco - Tuesday 26 February, 2019
# Seizure
# Seizure
Revenue said that its officers made the seizure during routine operations yesterday morning.
# tobacco - Monday 8 October, 2018
# Shadow Economy
# Shadow Economy
The seizures are part of Revenue’s ongoing operations targeting the shadow economy.
# tobacco - Tuesday 11 September, 2018
# Rosslare Europort
# Rosslare Europort
The goods worth roughly €18,000 were seized in Rosslare over the past two days.
# tobacco - Sunday 29 July, 2018
# Divestment
# Divestment
Critics state the Courts Services continued investment in the tobacco industry flies in the face of the government’s Tobacco Free Ireland vision.
# tobacco - Friday 15 June, 2018
# Revenue
# Revenue
The contraband products have a combined estimated retail value of almost €9,000.
# tobacco - Thursday 7 June, 2018
# Dublin Port
# Dublin Port
Revenue officers seized five puppies at Dublin Port yesterday.
# tobacco - Friday 9 March, 2018
# No Smoke Without Fire
# No Smoke Without Fire
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.
# tobacco - Monday 8 January, 2018
# Operations
# Operations
Most recently, officers seized 6,400 cigarettes and 4.7 kg of tobacco.
# tobacco - Monday 27 November, 2017
# You've Been Warned
# You've Been Warned
The statements started appearing in newspaper adverts yesterday.
# tobacco - Monday 28 August, 2017
# Undeclared
# Undeclared
Over 28,000 contraband cigarettes were seized at Dublin Airport this weekend.
# tobacco - Thursday 3 August, 2017
# Crackdown
# Crackdown
A large quantity of cash was also detained.
# tobacco - Tuesday 11 July, 2017
# Plain Packaging
# Plain Packaging
The order comes after the failed attempt to sue the country over its plain packaging laws.
# tobacco - Wednesday 31 May, 2017
# World No Tobacco Day
# World No Tobacco Day
We need smoking prevention efforts to ensure smoking rates continue to drop among all young people, writes Donal Buggy.
# tobacco - Tuesday 30 May, 2017
# On The Dry
# On The Dry
Cannabis and alcohol consumption is down when compared to 1998 levels.
# tobacco - Monday 10 April, 2017
# How To Quit
# How To Quit
Ireland’s health authority has recommended that the government wait for more studies before endorsing e-cigarettes.
# tobacco - Saturday 4 February, 2017
# Good Boy
# Good Boy
Officers estimate that the tobacco products have an estimated retail value of over €40,000.
# tobacco - Wednesday 28 December, 2016
# Smoked Out
# Smoked Out
Revenue discovered the tobacco products following a number of searches in the Louth area.
# tobacco - Tuesday 27 December, 2016
# Tobacco
# Tobacco
Ash Ireland today urged people to consider giving up smoking in the new year.
# tobacco - Monday 26 December, 2016
# E-cigarettes
# E-cigarettes
More research is needed, however.
# tobacco - Friday 23 December, 2016
# Excise
# Excise
There was a 50 cent increase on cigarettes in Budget 2017 but none of Harris’ recommendations on alcohol were included.
# tobacco - Wednesday 21 December, 2016
# Strategic Investment
# Strategic Investment
It had been claimed that the investments made a ‘mockery’ of the State’s aim of a tobacco-free Ireland.
# tobacco - Tuesday 29 November, 2016
# Stubbed Out
# Stubbed Out
The NTMA’s investments in the companies are made through fund managers.
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