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Jump to full article: B&W NewsReal, 2002-12-18
Author: Dr Fenton Howell, Chairman, ASH Ireland, Northumberland Road, Dublin 4.
Intro: David Begg rightly points to the benefits of social partnership in dealing with some of the major social issues that we face (The Irish Times, December 16th).
It is therefore disappointing to note that the ICTU has all but abandoned social partnership in dealing with the biggest burden on our health services: tobacco use and nicotine addiction.
Price increases on tobacco products are well established as the most effective way of discouraging young people from starting to smoke, encouraging current smokers to quit and dissuading ex- smokers from recommencing the habit.
In the post-Budget debate in Dil ireann, the Tnaiste made it clear that the Government would have placed an even greater increase on tobacco taxes if it had had agreement from ICTU on the excluding tobacco price from the Consumer Price Index.
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