For a start, most cigarettes purchased in Ireland are brought in by friends from abroad or obtained on the black market because of the high cost here. Therefore, very little impact will occur here.
Here we go again - cigarette packets manufactured from today are to show graphic images of illnesses and health damage caused by smoking. Are these going to make any difference? I dont think so.
For a start, most cigarettes purchased in Ireland are brought in by friends from abroad or obtained on the black market because of the high cost here. Therefore, very little impact will occur here.
If all the stuff talked about cigarettes in recent year was effective, why have we so many smokers? Who is kidding whom?
Tax paid on cigarettes from abroad enhances the economy of the likes of Spain etc. If we reduce the price of cigarettes here, perhaps our own economy will reap some benefit.
Please dont dictate to me saying that cigarettes cause health damage - I already know, so do smokers, but they are still smoking. Many car drivers drive at excess speeds, even some of our TD's still drink and drive. Other politicians want drink driving laws flouted in rural areas. Why not let smokers (where they wish) to continue smoking? If our Revenue Commissioners get a few bob from them, so much the better.
Wake up Ireland and smell the smoke!
For a start, most cigarettes purchased in Ireland are brought in by friends from abroad or obtained on the black market because of the high cost here.
I dont care if the figure is 30%, 50% or 90% of cigarettes used are not bought in Ireland. The bottom line is that millions are taken out of our economy because of the price of cigarettes in Ireland.
No - millions are taken out of our economy by smokers who send millions of euro up in flames, literally, each day. Stop smoking, live longer, and spend your money on something productive. My MIL stopped her light smoking a couple of weeks ago, and is amazed at the difference - no persistent coughing up of flame
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Look at the ban on smoking in pubs. What happened? - The publicans enhanced their outside areas for the convenience of smokers, installed heaters and canopies and hey presto a better environment for those enjoying a ciggy. And you've guessed it, these areas have become good conversation starters etc now are inhabited by smokers and non smokers alike. So much for the smoking ban..
One would imaging it will make some difference, if slight. Perhaps dissuade some from taking it up. A ban on branding might be more useful. In fairness, if cigarettes were a new product they would never be approved for sale. They should look at banning the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 1995.Are these going to make any difference? I dont think so.
Indeed. Despite the obvious difficulties something like that might work, especially if it was copied by other countries (as per the workplace smoking ban) . .by 2030 one would have to be over 35 to buy cigarettes . . over time smoking and smokers would die off . . they could always add a known aggressive carcinogen, just to eliminate any doubt that smoking will kill youAnd we could ban the sale of alcohol to under 18s!
You, like many others, seem to think the ban on smoking in workplaces (which includes pubs and restaurants) was to force smokers to give up their habit. . .
So much for the smoking ban.
I haven't seen any decent argument here not to reduce the price of cigarettes in Ireland.
My whole point is that cigarette smokers are not going to kick the habit (although I concede that some do) and that graphic dreadful images of cancer etc appearing on cigarette boxes is only paying lip service to the anti smoking lobby.
Does anybody know a doctor who does not smoke? While we are at it what percentage of nurses smoke?
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