It looks like cigarettes sold here will soon have to carry photographic warnings on their packaging in a bid to turn people off the habit.
The Irish Cancer Society believes the graphic images will motivate smokers to think about quitting. In addition, pictorial warnings should also reduce the appeal of tobacco for those who are not yet addicted.
The statistics are frightening. Tobacco is the single largest cause of preventable death and disease in Ireland, killing half of all lifetime users. Almost 30pc of people in Ireland smoke and 16 people a day die from it. Smoking causes one-third of all cancers and nine out of 10 lung cancers.
Source: Damien Maher, Irish Independent, 25/07/2011
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