More people are smoking now than before the ban on smoking in public places was introduced six years ago, the Dáil has heard.
Minister of State for Health Áine Brady pointed to figures showing that 29 per cent of the population smoked despite the ban, the abolition of packs of fewer than 20 cigarettes, the ending of in-store displays and advertising, and the cost of cigarettes, which at € 8.55 a pack “are the highest in the world”.
Source: Marie O'Halloran, The Irish Times, 17/12/2010
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