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Cigarette Restriction May Help Reduce Smoking-Related Illness Deaths

Tuesday, 15 March 2022 12:25

Those against the proposal say it amounts to the removal of personal freedoms.

Restricting access to cigarettes for adults will help cut the number of people dying from smoking-related illness.

That's the view of one anti-smoking campaigner, who says Ireland should follow Britain's lead and examine a ban on cigarette sales to under-25s.

Those against the proposal say it amounts to the removal of personal freedoms.

However, director-general of the Tobacco Free Research Institute, Luke Clancy, says anything that cuts deaths should be welcomed:

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