# Smoking
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This week
14th April 2024 - 19th April 2024
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Sunak's plan for smoking ban for those born after 2009 passes first hurdle in Commons
Updated
16 Apr
18.3k
60
Last year
2023
Tobacco Industry
New Zealand to scrap world-leading anti-smoking laws, new Prime Minister announces
27 Nov 2023
39.2k
51
vaping
Dáil votes to restrict advertising of vaping products and ban the sale to under 18s
8 Nov 2023
11.1k
39
anti-smoking
Rishi Sunak plans to progressively ban cigarettes by increasing the legal age every year
4 Oct 2023
7.9k
24
Vaping tax
Excise duty on vapes likely to be rolled out by Government, but implementation will take time
2 Oct 2023
21.8k
83
Smoking
Trying to quit smoking? Nicotine patches, gum and lozenges are now available for free
21 Feb 2023
13.9k
3
All time
Tobacco 21
New report says it’s time to raise the legal age to buy tobacco to 21
12 Sep 2022
10.8k
37
Voices
Opinion: E-cigarettes are not part of the solution to a tobacco free Ireland
Des Cox
30 Jul 2022
15.9k
72
Voices
GP: Why are we waging a war on e-cigarettes when they help smokers quit?
Dr Garrett McGovern
21 Jul 2022
26.0k
96
THE MORNING LEAD
Disposable vapes will 'get a whole new generation of people addicted to nicotine', expert warns
30 Jun 2022
18.8k
33
Tobacco
Increase minimum age for cigarettes each year until no-one can buy them, UK govt advised
9 Jun 2022
20.0k
42
world no tobacco day
Despite overall decline in smoking, prevalence is rising among Ireland's most vulnerable
31 May 2022
15.2k
28
no smoking
New Zealand to phase out tobacco sales by raising legal age for purchase each year
9 Dec 2021
32.5k
67
smoking age
Three-quarters of people want legal age to buy tobacco raised to 21, poll shows
16 Nov 2021
9.2k
43
Smoking
Study shows unchanged teen smoking rates in 40% of countries over past two decades
3 Feb 2021
11.2k
19
Underage Drinking
Irish teens more likely to take illegal drugs but smoking and drinking levels falling, EU report shows
12 Nov 2020
14.4k
26
vaping
Adolescents who use e-cigarettes three-to-five times more likely to start smoking, new review says
12 Oct 2020
12.4k
35
lifting lockdown
Should outdoor smoking areas go smoke-free when pubs and restaurants reopen?
12 May 2020
42.3k
166
Simon Harris
'The tobacco industry targeting e-cigarettes at young people is cynical, sickening and dangerous'
Updated
9 Jan 2020
18.6k
31
vaping
HSE checking all Irish vaping products for ingredient linked to US illnesses
19 Nov 2019
16.3k
29
lung failure
British teenager ended up on life support after suffering respiratory failure linked to vaping
12 Nov 2019
37.7k
58
Smoking
Anti-smoking policy at two Dublin maternity hospitals being flouted by patients and visitors
29 Oct 2019
35.7k
62
As vaping-linked injuries and deaths rise in the US, some Irish colleges are moving towards an all-out ban
5 Oct 2019
25.3k
52
Voices
Opinion: Is there now an argument for banning e-cigarettes in Ireland?
Des Cox
29 Sep 2019
21.7k
73
vaping
Irish doctors monitoring US warnings about e-cigs after lung disease outbreak
14 Sep 2019
20.7k
50