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# Tobacco Industry

This week
26th November 2023 - 2nd December 2023
New Zealand to scrap world-leading anti-smoking laws, new Prime Minister announces
The anti-smoking legislation was designed to almost immediately reduce the number of people using tobacco products.
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Courts Service of Ireland still holds €6 million worth of shares in tobacco companies
The Charities Regulator sold off its shares this year.
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Jul 3rd 2017, 12:05 AM
'The human cost of smoking is tragic': Axa insurance to cut ties with tobacco industry
Axa group are the first major insurer to remove investment to the tobacco industry.
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May 23rd 2016, 3:02 PM
Why are tobacco companies opposing this so vigorously? They're afraid.
Multinational tobacco companies don’t want to see Ireland introduce plain packaging because they know it works, writes Minister James Reilly.
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Feb 20th 2015, 2:20 PM
Reilly: Tobacco industry wants to take me to court over plain packaging
The Minister for Health said it would be an “extraordinary society” which put the intellectual property rights of the tobacco industry ahead of the health of its citizens.
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Dec 18th 2013, 8:06 PM
Column: The tobacco industry promotes a killer product – we should limit all interactions with it
More and more countries are attempting to introduce anti-smoking laws – and the multi-billion euro tobacco industry is responding by launching long, cripplingly expensive legal challenges. Ireland should not let itself by bullied, writes Senator John Crown.
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Dec 18th 2013, 1:00 PM
Menthol ban part of compromise EU deal on tobacco control
65 per cent of packaging will be covered by warnings as opposed to the 75 per cent advocated by anti-tobacco lobby and the 50 per cent pushed for by those in the industry.
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Oct 8th 2013, 12:03 PM
Reilly wants Ireland tobacco-free by 2025
The Irish Cancer Society welcomed the plans, but a smokers group called it “morally wrong”.
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Oct 3rd 2013, 4:12 PM
Tobacco industry is lobbying MEPs 'all the time'
Labour’s Phil Prendergast has said lobby groups are courting MEPs, hoping to encourage them to dilute directives that would be harmful to the industry.
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Sep 11th 2013, 7:30 AM
Reilly knew about Taoiseach's tobacco meeting, but "would not" go
The Health Minister said that he has “declared war” on the tobacco industry, and pointed out that the meeting at government buildings focused on smuggling.
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May 23rd 2013, 4:13 PM
Taoiseach, ministers criticised for "inappropriate" tobacco industry meeting
It has been reported that the Taoiseach and two senior ministers met with members of the tobacco industry a fortnight ago.
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May 23rd 2013, 11:02 AM
Childers calls for Irish PR firms to declare tobacco clients
Childers said clients should be aware of certain Irish PR firms, which she claimed were “representing the tobacco industry and not being open and transparent about it”.
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Feb 3rd 2013, 1:34 PM
Column: Tobacco companies spend billions on packaging for a reason
You may be convinced that attractive packaging doesn’t sway your decision to smoke – but it’s still big business, writes Dr Ross Morgan.
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Jan 28th 2013, 7:00 PM
Tobacco companies "targeting Irish women and girls"
Conference to hear that ‘slim’ cigarette products are deliberately trying to link weight loss and smoking in women’s minds.
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Jul 4th 2012, 1:30 PM
John Player argues for tobacco industry's "voice to be heard"
“Democracy is not the sole preserve of the NGO community,” said the tobacco company in its submission to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
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Mar 14th 2012, 3:48 PM