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Key jobs in tobacco campaign shelved [Source: Irish Times] 

Key positions due to be part of the Government's anti-smoking programme have been left unfilled for two years because of budget cutbacks.

The 10 positions, which would have overseen the policing of the proposed smoking ban, were shelved last year following a series of Government cutbacks.

This comes as the Minister for Health, Mr Martin, is set to meet the New York Mayor, Mr Michael Bloomberg, tomorrow to hear about the implementation of a comprehensive ban in that city. He will attend the United Nations today, where he will sign the World Health Organisation's framework convention on tobacco control.

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