# tobacco - Today’s News
# tobacco - Thursday 23 May, 2013
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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The Health Minister said that he has “declared war” on the tobacco industry, and pointed out that the meeting at government buildings focused on smuggling.
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It has been reported that the Taoiseach and two senior ministers met with members of the tobacco industry a fortnight ago.
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# tobacco - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Michael Noonan says the EU’s laws on VAT mean Ireland can’t offer a discounted rate of VAT to match Northern prices.
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# tobacco - Friday 3 May, 2013
A paper published in The Lancet medical journal calls for more action from authorities in Europe to combat smoking with over a quarter of the continent’s population said to be smokers.
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# tobacco - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Anti-smoking advocate and cancer sufferer is trying to highlight Austria’s lax enforcement, where almost two thirds of venues flout complex smoking area legislation.
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# tobacco - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
A major tobacco company’s Irish branch says 28.2 per cent of all cigarettes sold here last year evaded the excise duty net.
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# tobacco - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
Forest Éireann, a representative group for Irish smokers, says a ban on smoking in cars would have little positive effect.
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# tobacco - Sunday 10 March, 2013
Tobacco sauces, spreads and tobacco salt for use in any dish – two years of trial and error lead to cigar-infused menu in Cuba. But would you eat it?
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# tobacco - Friday 8 March, 2013
Revenue said separate discoveries of drugs and cigarettes this week would have been worth about €65,000.
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# tobacco - Monday 25 February, 2013
Most MEPs agreed that regluation was needed, though some said they were worried about the fiscal impact and an increase in the illegal cigarette trade.
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# tobacco - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
The Irish Heart Foundation is calling on the State to start spending more money on quit services as National No Smoking Day is marked today.
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# tobacco - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
A Lancet study advocates for regulation, saying that it is the only way to change transnational corporations.
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# tobacco - Sunday 3 February, 2013
Childers said clients should be aware of certain Irish PR firms, which she claimed were “representing the tobacco industry and not being open and transparent about it”.
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# tobacco - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Entrepreneur has turned a creative eye on all kinds of refuse that would previously have gone straight to landfill.
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# tobacco - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
Forest Eirean said smokers already know the health risks and the warnings are “unnecessarily intrusive” and “gratuitously offensive”.
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# tobacco - Monday 28 January, 2013
You may be convinced that attractive packaging doesn’t sway your decision to smoke – but it’s still big business, writes Dr Ross Morgan.
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The Department of Finance said each year its officials meet with representatives of all industries in the run up to the Budget.
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# tobacco - Thursday 24 January, 2013
Women smoke because they want a nicotine hit – not because they’re taken in by cute packaging or promises of weight loss, writes Nuala Walsh.
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# tobacco - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Legislation to replace VECs with new Education Boards is just one of several matters being debated in Leinster House today.
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# tobacco - Tuesday 15 January, 2013
A new EU law will see the introduction of cigarette packets displaying graphic images in Ireland. But will that reduce smoking rates?
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Legislation to give legal effect to the new European rules will be debated in the Dáil when it reconvenes tomorrow morning.
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# tobacco - Friday 11 January, 2013
One in two younger and more disadvantaged women are addicted to tobacco, bringing the problem to “epidemic” proportions, according to the Irish Cancer Society.
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# tobacco - Friday 21 December, 2012
Banning flavoured cigarettes and images of rotting lungs are all part of the plan.
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# tobacco - Thursday 20 December, 2012
A new report from the European Commission showed that 51 per cent of people in Europe have never smoked and one fifth have given up.
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# tobacco - Saturday 8 December, 2012
The government claims neither of the two main opposition parties had their pre-budget submissions fully costed but this has been described as a “complete red herring” by Fianna Fáil.
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# tobacco - Thursday 6 December, 2012
The changes to the price of alcohol and tobacco went up at midnight – what about the rest of the measures?
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# tobacco - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
The government has increased the excise on alcohol and cigarettes by more than was expected in Budget 2013.
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# tobacco - Sunday 2 December, 2012
The Irish Tobacco Manufacturers Advisory Committee said criminals will make over €230 million this year from illegal tobacco in Ireland.
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# tobacco - Saturday 1 December, 2012
All cigarettes will now have to be sold in identical, olive-brown packets bearing the same typeface and largely covered with graphic health warnings.
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# tobacco - Monday 26 November, 2012
Scientists have warned that smoking can damage the mind as well as the body.
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# tobacco - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
Figures from the CSO also revealed people are spending less on tobacco and alcohol and drinking more at home.
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# tobacco - Tuesday 11 September, 2012
Two-thirds of all men over the age of 15 smoke in Indonesia – making them the world’s heaviest smokers.
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# tobacco - Friday 24 August, 2012
The government can’t force tobacco companies to put graphic warnings on cigarette packets.
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# tobacco - Thursday 23 August, 2012
Two airline stewards were off-duty when they were detained by authorities over alleged smuggling of cigarettes from the Canary Islands.
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# tobacco - Friday 17 August, 2012
New research describes the global use of tobacco an “epidemic” – with women increasingly starting to smoke at younger ages and early half of adult men in developing countries still using tobacco products.
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# tobacco - Wednesday 15 August, 2012
Individual brands of cigarettes will no longer have different boxes – all will instead carry health warnings with graphic images.
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# tobacco - Friday 27 July, 2012
Retails sales have seen the biggest drop since December 2009.
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# tobacco - Tuesday 17 July, 2012
Catherine Noone says tough new measures are needed to tackle the illegal sale of cigarettes in Ireland.
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# tobacco - Sunday 15 July, 2012
The Health Minister James Reilly wants to increase the price of 20 cigarettes by around €6 in the next six years. What do you think?
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