More people will die in 2012 from tobacco-related illness than alcohol or heroin, Fine Gael TD Derek Keating has warned.
"Ireland is now viewed by smugglers as an ideal location for their trade in comparison to the rest of Europe," Mr Keating said. "We have a major crime world here in Ireland devoted to importing illegal tobacco products, just as big, if not bigger, than heroin."
The TD said that almost every major street in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Dundalk has illegal vendors supplied with cigarettes smuggled into this country by criminals operating a sophisticated distribution system.
Source: Liam Collins, Irish Independent, 01/01/2012
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