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# Tobacco

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Big Tobacco made €7,900 for every dead smoker in 2015, according to a new report
Revenue officers seize illegal cash, drugs, alcohol and tobacco worth €200,000 in series of operations
US tobacco companies ordered to put out statement telling people their products kill
Over €19,000 worth of smuggled alcohol and cigarettes seized in Dublin
Revenue seizes 230,000 cigarettes and 160 kilos of tobacco in Dublin
Tobacco giant Philip Morris ordered to pay Australian government millions
Column: '8 per cent of young people aged 10 to 17 smoke cigarettes'
Donal Buggy
Fewer Irish children are getting drunk and doing drugs, study finds
Here's the official advice on how to quit smoking (and it doesn't include vaping)
Detector dog Harvey helps Revenue seize cigarettes, tobacco and vodka in Cork
Cash, cigarettes and tobacco seized in Revenue raids
Almost 6,000 people in Ireland died from the effects of smoking in 2016
New research suggests e-cigarettes could be harmful to gums
Harris pushed for €1 increase on cigarettes and 75c on wine
The Irish State has just sold its shares in big tobacco companies
Ireland's investment body could be stopped investing in tobacco - but doesn't invest very much in tobacco
Doctors urge all third level institutes to ban tobacco from campuses
Almost one in every four Irish adults smokes - and the numbers aren't falling
Loss of 87 jobs as Imperial Tobacco to close in Westmeath
Ireland has the highest alcohol prices in the EU (almost double the average)
Smoking will soon be banned in most Irish playgrounds
No, smokers don't just need sympathy - They need help to stop smoking
Donal Buggy
Flavoured cigarettes banned in Ireland from today
Hikes in prices, menthols to be banned and plain packaging - cigarettes took a big hit this week
Menthol cigarettes will be 'banned in Ireland by 2020'
191 litres of wine and over 300,000 cigarettes seized
This letter is most blatant Big Tobacco threat to a Taoiseach you're likely to see
A tobacco giant's legal challenge against plain packaging has been rejected
Does raising tax on cigarettes actually work?
Vaping is about 95% less harmful than smoking
Harvey the dog has sniffed out €7,500 worth of cigarettes
Poll: Should the legal smoking age in Ireland be raised?
Canada has told tobacco firms to pay smokers over €11 billion
How do you get smokers to quit? Pay them
Most of us don't realise severe obesity is as dangerous as smoking
Think Ireland getting sued by a tobacco company is odd? Then worry about this EU-US trade deal...
Simon Mc Keagney
Poll: Would you welcome plain pack cigarettes?
How many people want to bring Jeremy Clarkson back? It's the week in numbers
There's now THREE tobacco giants threatening to sue the government
Government has paid €4 million to firms linked to Big Tobacco since 2013