# Smoking

Poll: Should the sale of vapes be banned in Ireland?

Australia is set to ban vapes from general sale.

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May 3rd 2023, 10:01 AM

This year

2023

Trying to quit smoking? Nicotine patches, gum and lozenges are now available for free

The HSE made the announcement this National No Smoking Day.

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Feb 21st 2023, 3:03 PM

# QUIT SMOKING

Ireland's smoking rate has not dropped since 2019

Some 18% of the population are regular or occasional smokers.

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Jan 3rd 2023, 7:03 AM

Last year

2022

# Banned

New Zealand imposes lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes

The law says that tobacco cannot ever be sold to anybody born on or after 1 January 2009.

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Dec 13th 2022, 8:54 AM

Poll: Should the legal age to buy cigarettes be increased?

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland wants to raise the age to 21.

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Sep 12th 2022, 10:32 AM

# Tobacco 21

New report says it’s time to raise the legal age to buy tobacco to 21

The RCPI says Tobacco 21 ‘offers a proven approach to significantly reduce the numbers of teenagers becoming addicted to tobacco.’

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Sep 12th 2022, 6:00 AM

Opinion: E-cigarettes are not part of the solution to a tobacco free Ireland

Professor Des Cox says it’s tempting to see e-cigarettes as a solution to smoking but he says that’s just not the case.

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Jul 30th 2022, 9:00 AM

GP: Why are we waging a war on e-cigarettes when they help smokers quit?

Dr Garrett McGovern argues that banning e-cigarette flavours will increase smoking harm and death and will not protect young people.

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Jul 21st 2022, 8:00 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

Disposable vapes will 'get a whole new generation of people addicted to nicotine', expert warns

A report by

Jamie McCarron

The HSE does not recommend vaping as a method of quitting smoking.

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Jun 30th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Tobacco

Increase minimum age for cigarettes each year until no-one can buy them, UK govt advised

Dr Javed Khan issued four critical ‘must-dos’ for the UK Government to act upon immediately.

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Jun 9th 2022, 6:17 PM

# world no tobacco day

Despite overall decline in smoking, prevalence is rising among Ireland's most vulnerable

Smoking still causes over 4,500 deaths in Ireland each year

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May 31st 2022, 6:00 AM

All time

# no smoking

New Zealand to phase out tobacco sales by raising legal age for purchase each year

From 2027, the current under-18 sales ban would increase by one year annually to keep the cohort smoke free.

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Dec 9th 2021, 7:53 AM

# smoking age

Three-quarters of people want legal age to buy tobacco raised to 21, poll shows

A total of 73% of the people surveyed are in favour of raising the age for the sale of cigarettes from 18 to 21

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Nov 16th 2021, 12:54 PM

Poll: have you struggled with a smoking habit?

A new study found that the numbers of smokers globally increased to 1.1 billion in 2019.

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May 28th 2021, 10:01 AM

# Cigarettes

Nine in ten smokers pick up the habit by age 25, studies show

New studies examined comprehensive data on smoking trends from 1990 to 2019.

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May 28th 2021, 6:00 AM

Study shows unchanged teen smoking rates in 40% of countries over past two decades

Ireland is not included in this study, but other data shows a decline in Irish teen smoking levels over time.

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Feb 3rd 2021, 6:30 AM

# Underage Drinking

Irish teens more likely to take illegal drugs but smoking and drinking levels falling, EU report shows

The report revealed 37% of Irish teenagers already used an e-cigarette at some stage.

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Nov 12th 2020, 2:58 PM

Adolescents who use e-cigarettes three-to-five times more likely to start smoking, new review says

The Health Research Board’s review will help inform Department of Health policy.

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Oct 12th 2020, 9:12 AM

Sale of menthol cigarettes banned in Ireland from today

A European Court of Justice ruling four years ago declared that the flavouring is used to increase the attractiveness of cigarettes.

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May 20th 2020, 6:10 AM

# lifting lockdown

Should outdoor smoking areas go smoke-free when pubs and restaurants reopen?

Health Minister Simon Harris said the proposal will be considered.

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May 12th 2020, 12:03 PM

# Simon Harris

'The tobacco industry targeting e-cigarettes at young people is cynical, sickening and dangerous'

A survey of over 15,500 schoolchildren in Ireland explored their relationship with alcohol, smoking, sex, food and exercise.

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Jan 9th 2020, 12:05 PM

# PROHIBITED

Menthol cigarettes will be banned in Ireland from May

Minister Harris says there is evidence that menthol flavoured cigarettes may be more addictive.

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Jan 4th 2020, 6:30 AM

# healthy ireland

Three in every five Irish adults are overweight or obese

The number of smokers in Ireland has fallen again, with 17% of the nation smoking according to the latest Healthy Ireland survey.

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Nov 20th 2019, 7:02 AM

HSE checking all Irish vaping products for ingredient linked to US illnesses

More than 1,000 cases of vaping-related lung illnesses have been reported in the US, with 42 confirmed deaths in 24 states.

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Nov 19th 2019, 12:05 AM

# lung failure

British teenager ended up on life support after suffering respiratory failure linked to vaping

At 16 years old, he required an exterior artificial lung to put oxygen into the blood

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Nov 12th 2019, 7:52 AM

Poll: Should people be allowed to smoke on hospital grounds?

No-smoking policies are being flouted at Dublin’s maternity hospitals.

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Oct 29th 2019, 9:06 AM

Anti-smoking policy at two Dublin maternity hospitals being flouted by patients and visitors

In 2013, the Coombe, the Rotunda and the National Maternity Hospital became tobacco-free campuses.

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Oct 29th 2019, 12:05 AM

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.

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Oct 5th 2019, 10:00 PM

Opinion: Is there now an argument for banning e-cigarettes in Ireland?

E-cigarettes are not harmless, but now is not the time for mass hysteria, writes Professor Des Cox.

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Sep 29th 2019, 1:00 PM

# on fire

Revenue seizes more than €1 million worth of illegal cigarettes

Revenue has intercepted a number of illegal cigarette shipments in recent weeks.

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Sep 20th 2019, 11:40 AM

Irish doctors monitoring US warnings about e-cigs after lung disease outbreak

Several teenagers have been placed in medically induced comas.

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Sep 14th 2019, 7:30 AM

New legislation to ban sale of e-cigarettes to people under the age of 18

The legislation will be considered by government in September.

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Jul 29th 2019, 6:15 AM

'It's just not good behaviour': Hospital anti-smoking policy flouted by patients and visitors

On 4 July 2012, Beaumont Hospital became a “tobacco-free campus”.

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Apr 22nd 2019, 12:05 AM

Teen vapers are more likely to use sweet-flavoured e-cigarettes than adult vapers, study finds

The US Food and Drug Administration has declared youth e-cigarette use as an epidemic in the country.

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Mar 18th 2019, 11:00 AM

Opinion: 'E-cigarettes may be an effective tobacco cessation tool but at what cost to society'?

‘We don’t want to solve the problems of current smokers by creating a whole new generation of smokers that the tobacco companies can prey on,’ writes Dr Des Cox.

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Mar 2nd 2019, 6:15 AM