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18th February 2015
Largest annual drop in smoking last year since 2009Last year saw the largest annual drop in smoking prevalence since 2009, according to new figures released by the HSE’s National Tobacco Control Office.
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18th February 2015
TDs won’t back down on plain packagingPoliticians have insisted Ireland will not be “bullied” into cancelling plans to impose plain cigarette packaging by May 2017, despite a multi-million euro legal threat from one of the world’s largest tobacco firms to scrap the bill by Friday.
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17th February 2015
ECDC and EMCDDA release a joint rapid risk assessment on wound botulism among people who inject heroToday, two EU agencies, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) have released a joint rapid risk assessment on wound botulism among people who inject heroin.
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17th February 2015
Reaction mixed to proposed new injection centres for drug usersPlans for new injecting centres for heroin users are drawing a mixed reaction.
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17th February 2015
Mammy’s little helpers not the cure-all for anxiety after allHealthcare professionals in pharmacy will debate the Irish relationship with anti-anxiety medication
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17th February 2015
Tobacco firms turn up heat on Reilly over packaging plansSome of the world’s largest tobacco firms are preparing to mount major legal challenges in a bid to block the Government’s controversial plans to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products.
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17th February 2015
Unsafe streets: 32 used drug needles lifted from city streets every dayMore than 30 needles mainly used for injecting heroin are being found on Dublin city streets every day.
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16th February 2015
Radical legislation to allow for supervised injecting centres for heroin usersRadical new legislation is being prepared to allow for medically-supervised injecting centres for heroin users in Ireland.
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16th February 2015
High-potency cannabis linked to 25% of psychosis casesA powerful “skunk-like” cannabis is associated with one in four new cases of psychosis, a study has found.
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16th February 2015
Cannabis linked to psychosis casesA powerful “skunk-like” cannabis is associated with one in four new cases of psychosis, a study has found.
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