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Cigarettes

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not rice cakes
Revenue seizes cigarettes worth €1.9m and steroids worth €30k
22 Apr 2016
11.6k
10
jim
Pics: Two million cigarettes from Vietnam described as 'wood pellets' seized at Dublin Port
10 Feb 2016
15.5k
24
Sponsored
Poll: Are you giving up anything for Lent?
5 Feb 2016
26.2k
87
Cigarettes
9.5 million illegal cigarettes seized from Dublin, Tipperary and Meath
28 Jan 2016
14.3k
22
Turkmenistan
This country has taken cigarettes from shops to make people quit the habit
15 Jan 2016
17.1k
55
holy smokes
Revenue seized 68 MILLION cigarettes in 2015 - some from very unusual places
7 Jan 2016
11.5k
18
no qualms
This letter is most blatant Big Tobacco threat to a Taoiseach you're likely to see
1 Jan 2016
16.6k
38
Australia
A tobacco giant's legal challenge against plain packaging has been rejected
18 Dec 2015
9.5k
17
Dublin Port
Cigarettes and booze seized ahead of busy black market Christmas
30 Nov 2015
16.5k
23
HOT TUB CRIME MACHINE
€350,000 worth of cigarettes seized in hot tubs
30 Nov 2015
14.6k
18
The Daily Poll
Poll: Should smoking be banned in council houses?
13 Nov 2015
24.0k
187
Sponsored
Are you trying to quit smoking? Check out these Quit Heroes and get inspired
28 Oct 2015
17.6k
27
Smoking
You'll now have to break a €20 to buy a pack of cigs
13 Oct 2015
29.0k
83
Analysis
Does raising tax on cigarettes actually work?
11 Oct 2015
37.5k
96
Cork
Three arrested after cigarettes found hidden in a pretty unusual place
22 Sep 2015
30.5k
23
holy smokes
This is what five million cigarettes looks like
4 Sep 2015
10.6k
The Daily Poll
Poll: Should we add another 50 cent the price of cigarettes?
1 Sep 2015
25.4k
122
good boy
Clever customs dog finds 8 million cigarettes hidden in window frames
26 Aug 2015
16.9k
30
yoink
This boot full of booze and smokes was seized after a car got off the boat from Wales
24 Aug 2015
28.9k
28
stubbed out
Man tells wife he gave up smoking, gets caught on Google street view
21 Jul 2015
27.8k
13
good boy
Harvey the dog has sniffed out €7,500 worth of cigarettes
11 Jul 2015
10.7k
15
Dangerous
Heard of 'Black Mount' and 'Jim's' cigarettes? They're available on the Irish black market...
11 Jun 2015
19.9k
21
nice gal
A woman was caught on camera stubbing out her cigarette on a reporter's face
8 Jun 2015
4.3k
2
It's a good day for Revenue as 13 million cigarettes are seized in Dublin and Tyrone
28 May 2015
10.1k
15
Smokes
Is tougher legislation needed for e-cigarettes?
17 Apr 2015
14.1k
148
The Daily Poll
Poll: Would you welcome plain pack cigarettes?
31 Mar 2015
16.9k
106
holy smokes
Here's what 10.3 million illegal cigarettes looks like
31 Mar 2015
12.7k
30
Up In Smoke
Big Tobacco lobbied hard and aggressively... but lost anyway
19 Mar 2015
18.1k
41
smoke signals
John Player mix-up sees smokers get the wrong cigarettes in their packets
16 Mar 2015
32.5k
31
War on Tobacco
Ireland has just passed laws to introduce plain packs, but when will they be in the shops?
3 Mar 2015
15.3k
73
not at all safe
Thieves steal entire safe in early-morning shop robbery
20 Feb 2015
17.9k
11
Opinion
Why are tobacco companies opposing this so vigorously? They're afraid.
James Reilly
20 Feb 2015
413
114
Lighten up
Why we should 'relax the smoking ban in bars and give smokers a break'
18 Feb 2015
18.2k
103
Dublin Airport
Man arrived from Barcelona with €200k of cannabis in luggage
23 Jan 2015
16.0k
70
lot of smokes
Casey the dog sniffs out 7.7 million cigarettes in 'breakfast cereal' boxes
21 Jan 2015
15.6k
29
Quitting
9 reasons you should definitely quit smoking this year
17 Jan 2015
22.1k
38
be strong
Opinion: Preparing for a smoke-free new year? Follow these tips for ditching tobacco
Mary Briscoe
24 Dec 2014
242
39
e-cigarettes
Opinion: Opposition to 'vaping' adverts is knee-jerk moral outrage
Aaron McKenna
15 Nov 2014
407
102
Inflation
We're paying more for alcohol, tobacco and dining out than this time last year
13 Nov 2014
9.4k
20
vaping on-air
Could e-cigarette ads like this showing smoking on air be coming to Irish TV?
11 Nov 2014
10.8k
29
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