http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/country/ireland.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.irishnews.com/break.asp?tbrk=brk&par=brk&catid=5834&subcatid=642&storyid=381836 http://tobacco.org/news/272500.html The price of a packet of 20 cigarettes is top increase by 50c from midnight tonight, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has announced in his Budget speech today. The price of a bottle of wine is also increase by 50c. Irish Heart Foundation has expressed its disappointment at what it called a 'token tax increase'. [Belfast, N.Ireland] Irish News Ireland Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.irishnews.com/break.asp?tbrk=brk&par=brk&catid=5834&subcatid=642&storyid=376451 http://tobacco.org/news/272322.html Customs officers at Dublin Airport seized 289,000 cigarettes and 50kg of tobacco after they swooped on smugglers from Northern Ireland, Romania and Latvia, it emerged today. The total potential loss to the Exchequer from the seizures amounts to €96,500. Some 126,200 cigarettes were yesterday seized from a Romanian gang who had flown to Dublin from Bucharest via Prague. A total of 100,000 cigarettes were also confiscated from criminals smuggling cigarettes into Ireland from Riga in Latvia and Vilnius in Lithuania. Today, in an intelligence-led operation against a gang based in the North, 63,000 cigarettes and 50kg of tobacco were seized from passengers arriving on a flight from the Canary Islands. [Belfast, N.Ireland] Irish News Ireland Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.irishhealth.com/?level=4&id=14331 http://tobacco.org/news/271820.html The Office of Tobacco Control (OTC) has called for an increase in the cost of cigarettes by a minimum of €1, with a corresponding increase on roll-your-own tobacco. The OTC has made the call to Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, in their pre-budget submission. The OTC also recommended a VAT reduction for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products, and the creation of a dedicated fund for health promotion. A significant price increase, supported by well funded cessation services and information campaigns, as well as more affordable NRT products, will impact smoking prevalence significantly in years to come, said Éamonn Rossi, OTC Chief Executive. IrishHealth.com http://www.irishhealth.com/contact01.html?to=info@irishhealth.com (Joanne McCarthy) Ireland Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.offalyindependent.ie/articles/1/31459/ http://tobacco.org/news/271668.html A new law banning the display of tobacco products could seriously damage profits for smaller shops, according to a Daingean trader. "Shop owners across Offaly will be forced to place all tobacco products under the counter and completely out of sight of their customers. No-one will have a clue whether we even sell tobacco or not," said Noel Quinn, of Quinn's Supermarket in Daingean, and member of the Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association (CSNA). The Public Health Tobacco Acts 2002 and 2004 Acts will ban point-of-sale advertising and the display of tobacco products from July 1 2009. Offaly Independent Ireland Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/euro100000-of-tobacco-products-seized-13962255.html http://tobacco.org/news/270873.html Customs Officers at Dublin airport have seized cigarettes and tobacco worth nearly €100,000. Almost 290,000 cigarettes and 50 kilograms of tobacco were uncovered as part of the operation, which targeted smuggling gangs from Latvia, Romania and Northern Ireland. Over 120,000 cigarettes were seized from a Romanian gang, who travelled to Dublin from Bucharest via Prague. 100,000 cigarettes were also seized from gangs from Riga and Vilnius. Belfast Telegraph Ireland Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0818/1218868020685.html http://tobacco.org/news/270177.html THE WOMAN with Ireland's first alcohol-free hotel bar has launched a campaign to reverse the smoking ban in pubs. Ann Sweeney said the first mission for her one-person New Ireland party is to seek to have luxury smoking rooms attached to pubs. Ms Sweeney has issued a rallying call to smokers throughout Ireland to get in touch with her at her Carraig Rua hotel in Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal. She plans weekly meetings of supporters and aims to take the issue as far as the European Court if necessary. She is encouraged by a recent judgment in Germany . . . I find the Government's double standards fascinating. If it insists on raising revenue with heavy taxes on tobacco products, then there is an obligation that smokers be treated the same as drinkers and proper facilities should be put in place for them." . . . She formed her New Ireland party after gardai seized all alcoholic drink in her hotel and pub because of a licence dispute. Irish Times Ireland Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.independent.ie/national-news/convictions-for-flouting-smoking-ban-on-the-rise-1454374.html http://tobacco.org/news/270081.html CONVICTIONS obtained under the smoking ban have jumped threefold, new figures reveal. According to the figures, supplied by the Office of Tobacco Control, 16 convictions were obtained in 2004, with this figure hitting 49 in 2007. The smoking ban was brought in by former Health Minister Micheal Martin on March 29, 2004. Similar bans have since been introduced in countries such as Denmark and France. Last year more than six convictions relating to incidents such as people smoking in front of publicans. Eleven related to people, like bar managers, permitting smoking in non-compliant outdoor smoking areas. Irish Independent Ireland Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0812/1218477342217.html http://tobacco.org/news/269957.html REVENUE'S CUSTOMS officers have seized six million contraband cigarettes valued at some €2.2 million. The haul was found in the container of a lorry labelled fruit and vegetables after the container was collected from Rosslare Port, Co Wexford. The seizure is one of the largest in recent times involving cigarettes being illegally smuggled into the State without taxes and duties being paid. Irish Times Ireland Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqid=34443-qqqx=1.asp http://tobacco.org/news/268624.html Cigarette manufacturer Gallaher recorded a €30.9 million profit last year for its Irish operation and showed a 3 per cent increase in turnover, despite a declining market. Gallaher (Dublin) Limited, based in Cookstown, reported that its turnover had risen to €714.8 million in the year ending December 31, 2007, up from €693.7 million a year earlier. The company, which sells the Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut brands of cigarettes, recorded a €30.9 million profit, down from €32.2 million in 2006. . . . The firm’s directors noted that the Irish cigarette market, which accounts for the bulk of its revenues, declined by 4.4 per cent during 2007, which it attributed to excise increases ahead of the rate of inflation. It also blamed the shrinking market size on the increase of non-Irish duty paid cigarettes coming into the domestic market. Sunday Business Post Ireland Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.irishhealth.com/?level=4&id=13873 http://tobacco.org/news/268557.html Stricter rules governing the sale of tobacco products are to be introduced on July 1, 2009, the Department of Health has announced. From that date, retail premises will be banned from displaying tobacco products or from carrying any in-store advertising of these products. Retailers will have to introduce closed containers, which dispense the tobacco products. According to the department, the location of prominent tobacco displays in retail outlets plays a role in promoting tobacco consumption. "Its placement in proximity to everyday consumer goods such as newspapers and sweets helps tobacco to be seen as another benign consumer product. Research shows that tobacco advertising at the point of sale is a key factor in a young person starting smoking,", it said. IrishHealth.com http://www.irishhealth.com/contact01.html?to=info@irishhealth.com ( Deborah Condon]) Ireland Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/majority-want-smoking-banned-in-all-homes-06-26-08-latest-front-in-the-war-to-protect-nonsmokers-r665258.htm http://tobacco.org/news/267644.html A clear majority wants smoking banned in all homes, even if children are not present, and even if the smoke is not drifting into an adjoining dwelling. This could expand the latest front in the war to protect nonsmokers, says the man who started the nonsmokers' movement by getting smoking first restricted and then banned on airplanes and then in workplaces and public places, and who is racking up victories in the battle to ban smoking in private dwellings and cars. According to a new survey, 57% of the people in Ireland support a ban on smoking in all homes and cars. This could indicate growing support for smoking bans both here and abroad, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) -- America's first antismoking organization, and the group behind restrictions on smoking in homes in almost three fourths of the states -- because the percentage of smokers in Ireland is substantially higher than in the US. PR Insider Ireland Usa Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.vhi.ie/news/N050608b.jsp http://tobacco.org/news/267591.html A ban on smoking in homes and cars would be supported by the majority of Irish people, a new survey reveals. The study, commissioned by Pfizer to investigate new ways of curbing smoking, revealed that 57% of people in Ireland would agree to a ban on smoking in homes and cars. In addition: 80% of people would like to see further restrictions on the place of sale of tobacco products Vhi Healthcare Ireland Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.theirishworld.com/article.asp?SubSection_Id=2&Article_Id=5935 http://tobacco.org/news/267165.html SMOKERS are on the increase in Ireland despite the introduction of the ban on lighting up in public places nearly three years ago. The number of smokers reportedly fell from 33 per cent in 1998 to 27 per cent in 2002, but jumped alarmingly to 29 per cent last year, according to a survey published by Ireland's Department of Health. Anti-smoking lobbyists ASH Ireland have called for a 50 cent increase in the cost of cigarettes, the removal of all smoking advertising from shops and huge investment in educating young people on the risks of tobacco. Irish World Ireland Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.irishhealth.com/?level=4&id=13711 http://tobacco.org/news/266629.html Shocking graphic images of the effects of smoking displayed on cigarette packets across the world are currently on display in Dublin. The photographs of varying severity including diseased lungs, throat tumours, spontaneous abortions, and rotting gums and teeth are on display in Dublin's Central Library at the ILAC Centre until June 20. 'The Power of Communications against Tobacco' exhibition shows 42 images approved by the European Union. IrishHealth.com http://www.irishhealth.com/contact01.html?to=info@irishhealth.com Ireland Europe Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.ie/story/ireland/gbeymhsnsn/rss2/ http://tobacco.org/news/266583.html FAMILIES were urged to help relatives stub out smoking with a new product which, it was claimed, helps 60% of people kick the habit. MEP Gay Mitchell presented the new Irish-produced quit smoking aid in the European Parliament. The company producing the product, NicoBloc, says it reduces the amount of tar and nicotine inhaled from smoked cigarettes. Mr Mitchell said as a child he had only been weeks away from his sixth birthday when his father, 54, a smoker, died of lung cancer. Two of his brothers and a sister, who were not smokers, have since died from cancer. . . . NicoBloc is a liquid which users put on the filter of cigarettes. The substance traps tar and nicotine before it leaves the cigarette. However, rather than acting as a substitute, like other smoke free products such as nicotine patches, it helps stops smoking. Users add one drop on each cigarette in the first week, two on each one in the second and three in the third. Irish Examiner feedback@tcm.ie (Juno McEnroe) Ireland Europe Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT