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# smoke-free - Saturday 5 October, 2019
As vaping-linked injuries and deaths rise in the US, some Irish colleges are moving towards an all-out ban
18 deaths and 1080 injuries in the US have been linked to vaping.
# smoke-free - Wednesday 31 May, 2017
Irish children from deprived families twice as likely to be exposed to second-hand-smoke
32.7% of nine-year-olds from Ireland’s lowest-income families are exposed to secondary smoke daily.
# smoke-free - Wednesday 15 March, 2017
This is the number of 'current smokers' in Ireland today
A new report differentiates between occasional and daily smokers.
# smoke-free - Tuesday 20 December, 2016
Want to quit smoking? 6 unexpected benefits of giving up
Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet?
# smoke-free - Tuesday 14 June, 2016
Smoking will soon be banned in most Irish playgrounds
The majority of local authorities have committed to smoke-free policies.
# smoke-free - Sunday 31 May, 2015
How do Ireland's smoking levels compare with Europe? Pretty good actually
Today is World No Tobacco Day.
# smoke-free - Friday 5 September, 2014
Electronic cigarettes could save thousands of lives a year, say experts
A new editorial published in the British Journal of General Practice has hit out at “alarmist” criticism of the devices.
# smoke-free - Tuesday 11 March, 2014
E-cigarettes banned from DART and train services
Irish Rail says they were receiving complaints from passengers about the electronic cigarettes.
# smoke-free - Wednesday 5 March, 2014
Age Action welcomes campus smoking ban exemption for some nursing homes
Residents of the homes, as well as public psychiatric facilities, at sites in the Midlands will be exempt.
# smoke-free - Monday 10 February, 2014
British parliament votes in favour of smoking ban in cars with children
Smoking in cars raises levels of dangerous fine-particle pollutants.
# smoke-free - Sunday 2 February, 2014
Hospital smoking bans are being ignored
The Psychiatric Nurses association at Kerry General Hospital say the HSE just wanted to make a ‘grand gesture’ but aren’t willing to back it up.
# smoke-free - Monday 6 January, 2014
HSE says hospitals will be smoke-free by 2015
This will be the last year that people can light up a cigarette on hospital grounds.
# smoke-free - Wednesday 11 December, 2013
'All hospitals to be smoke free campuses by end of 2015' says HSE
Irish hospitals are hoping to implement nationwide as three more hospitals declare ban from January.
# smoke-free - Saturday 30 November, 2013
E-cigarette manufacturers could face tough new restrictions
The measures could restrict the amount of nicotine allowed in electronic cigarettes, which have been marketed as a way for smokers to wean themselves off the habit.
# smoke-free - Friday 21 June, 2013
Menthol cigarettes could be banned across the EU (but not until 2017)
Health ministers, chaired by James Reilly, have agreed a ban on menthol cigarettes – but won’t ban slim cigarettes for now.
Reilly facing EU battle on banning of menthol cigarettes
The Health Minister is facing some opposition to the ban as he meets his European counterparts today.
# smoke-free - Wednesday 19 June, 2013
Reilly not convinced that electronic cigarettes are safe, orders review
The Health Minister says that he does not like the idea that the smokeless cigarettes are being promoted and sold on planes.
# smoke-free - Monday 28 May, 2012
Smoking to be banned in more hospital grounds
Smoking will be stubbed out at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital Group this year, thanks to a new initiative being introduced on World No Tobacco Day.
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Poll: When it's sunny in Ireland - do you wear sunscreen?
IT’S ANOTHER DAY and the sun is shining yet again.
Met Éireann forecasts that this week will see temperatures reach as high as 27 degrees, with clear skies set to stay.
Before you head out to soak up some rays, do you make sure to protect your skin?
Among other measures, the Irish Cancer Society advises people to wear sunscreen in Ireland when they’re out and about between April and September.
But do you?
Today we want to know: When it’s sunny in Ireland – do you wear sunscreen?
Poll Results:
Yes, whenever it's sunny (1574)
Never in Ireland, only abroad (514)
I wear it every day, no matter the weather conditions (304)
I never wear sunscreen (144)
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Using all of our health service facilities has helped against Covid-19. Any change to that should be handled carefully
By Dr Ciarán Ó Riain
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