# Tobacco

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# plain packaging

Tobacco giant Philip Morris ordered to pay Australian government millions

The order comes after the failed attempt to sue the country over its plain packaging laws.

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Jul 11th 2017, 11:52 AM

Voices

Column: '8 per cent of young people aged 10 to 17 smoke cigarettes'

We need smoking prevention efforts to ensure smoking rates continue to drop among all young people, writes Donal Buggy.

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May 31st 2017, 6:30 AM

# on the dry

Fewer Irish children are getting drunk and doing drugs, study finds

Cannabis and alcohol consumption is down when compared to 1998 levels.

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May 30th 2017, 5:36 PM

# how to quit

Here's the official advice on how to quit smoking (and it doesn't include vaping)

Ireland’s health authority has recommended that the government wait for more studies before endorsing e-cigarettes.

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Apr 10th 2017, 5:30 PM

# good boy

Detector dog Harvey helps Revenue seize cigarettes, tobacco and vodka in Cork

Officers estimate that the tobacco products have an estimated retail value of over €40,000.

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Feb 4th 2017, 6:44 PM

# Smoked Out

Cash, cigarettes and tobacco seized in Revenue raids

Revenue discovered the tobacco products following a number of searches in the Louth area.

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Dec 28th 2016, 10:07 AM

# Tobacco

Almost 6,000 people in Ireland died from the effects of smoking in 2016

Ash Ireland today urged people to consider giving up smoking in the new year.

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Dec 27th 2016, 1:48 PM

# e-cigarettes

New research suggests e-cigarettes could be harmful to gums

More research is needed, however.

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Dec 26th 2016, 7:00 AM

# excise

Harris pushed for €1 increase on cigarettes and 75c on wine

There was a 50 cent increase on cigarettes in Budget 2017 but none of Harris’ recommendations on alcohol were included.

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Dec 23rd 2016, 6:15 AM

# Strategic Investment

The Irish State has just sold its shares in big tobacco companies

It had been claimed that the investments made a ‘mockery’ of the State’s aim of a tobacco-free Ireland.

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Dec 21st 2016, 7:21 PM

# stubbed out

Ireland's investment body could be stopped investing in tobacco - but doesn't invest very much in tobacco

The NTMA’s investments in the companies are made through fund managers.

4.9k

Nov 29th 2016, 6:06 AM

# stubbed out

Doctors urge all third level institutes to ban tobacco from campuses

UCD and Trinity College have started making their universities smoke-free.

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Nov 9th 2016, 8:00 AM

# Healthy Ireland Survey

Almost one in every four Irish adults smokes - and the numbers aren't falling

Some 23% of adults in Ireland smoke, the same proportion as in 2015.

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Oct 20th 2016, 9:00 AM

# Mullingar

Loss of 87 jobs as Imperial Tobacco to close in Westmeath

A 30-day consultation process on redundancies is to get underway.

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Jun 30th 2016, 4:42 PM

# Survey

Ireland has the highest alcohol prices in the EU (almost double the average)

It’s also the second most expensive country for tobacco.

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Jun 15th 2016, 9:04 PM

Smoking will soon be banned in most Irish playgrounds

The majority of local authorities have committed to smoke-free policies.

12.1k

Jun 14th 2016, 8:58 AM

Voices

No, smokers don't just need sympathy - They need help to stop smoking

Two in three smokers want to give up writes Donald Buggy of the Irish Cancer Society.

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May 31st 2016, 6:15 AM

# Smoking

Flavoured cigarettes banned in Ireland from today

Regulation of e-cigarettes will also be enforced from today.

58.0k

May 20th 2016, 2:27 PM

Hikes in prices, menthols to be banned and plain packaging - cigarettes took a big hit this week

A range of measures across the world signal big changes to how tobacco is sold.

19.9k

May 7th 2016, 7:30 AM

# Let's Go Menthol

Menthol cigarettes will be 'banned in Ireland by 2020'

Part of the ECJ plan paves the way for the banning of menthol cigarettes.

31.0k

May 6th 2016, 6:15 AM

# massive haul

191 litres of wine and over 300,000 cigarettes seized

The seizure was made in Belturbet, Co Cavan.

16.6k

Apr 15th 2016, 7:11 AM

# no qualms

This letter is most blatant Big Tobacco threat to a Taoiseach you're likely to see

Carroll Industries threatened to stop investing in businesses if new laws come in

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Jan 1st 2016, 7:00 AM

# Australia

A tobacco giant's legal challenge against plain packaging has been rejected

Philip Morris accused Australia of using a procedural issue to avoid addressing the legality and effectiveness of plain packages, calling the move “regrettable”.

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Dec 18th 2015, 6:36 PM

# Analysis

Does raising tax on cigarettes actually work?

Is the increasing price of tobacco as good for our fiscal and physical health as it might appear?

37.0k

Oct 11th 2015, 2:30 PM

# e-cigarettes

Vaping is about 95% less harmful than smoking

The report is the first to show that e-cigarettes are less harmful than tobacco smoking.

22.0k

Aug 19th 2015, 10:52 AM

# good boy

Harvey the dog has sniffed out €7,500 worth of cigarettes

Revenue seized the goods from a Polish man at Cork Airport.

10.5k

Jul 11th 2015, 7:45 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should the legal smoking age in Ireland be raised?

Hawaii has become the first US state to raise the legal smoking age to 21 – is this something we should be looking at?

17.5k

Jun 20th 2015, 9:22 AM

# cough up

Canada has told tobacco firms to pay smokers over €11 billion

But the companies say they’ll appeal.

13.9k

Jun 2nd 2015, 11:02 AM

# stub it out

How do you get smokers to quit? Pay them

“With such unprecedented rates of success, the trick now is to figure out how to get more people to sign up — to feel like they have skin in the game.”

18.3k

May 24th 2015, 4:30 PM

# Health Issue

Most of us don't realise severe obesity is as dangerous as smoking

The new study also said that 20% of people who describe themselves as healthy are in fact overweight.

12.2k

May 15th 2015, 6:28 PM

Voices

Think Ireland getting sued by a tobacco company is odd? Then worry about this EU-US trade deal...

It may not have a catchy name but we need to pay attention the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – it poses huge ramifications for Ireland.

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Apr 30th 2015, 8:00 PM