Minister for Health James Reilly has called for the price of cigarettes to be increased to €1 each or €20 a pack, more than twice the current price.
Unveiling his latest move in the war on tobacco, Dr Reilly said this would ensure that people “think long and hard before they drag long and hard”.
A pack of 20 cigarettes costs about €9.40, according to the Irish Tobacco Manufacturers Advisory Committee.
Addressing the inaugural meeting of the Health Ireland Council, he reiterated his aim to cut smoking rates to under 5 per cent by 2025. Currently, 22 per cent of the population smoke, down from 29 per cent a decade earlier when the smoking ban was introduced.
Source: Paul Cullen, Irish Times, 27/06/14
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