Smoking prevalence in Ireland falls to less than one-in-four
from almost one-in-three in 1998
But Office of Tobacco Control (OTC) says no room for complacency
in tobacco control as slight increase in the numbers smoking in
recent months
At today's (Monday, 10 October) launch of the OTC...
ASH Ireland Welcomes Positive Smoking Figures - but is concerned
that lack of Price Increases is set to Unravel all that has been
achieved
ASH Ireland has welcomed the positive smoking related statistics
released to-day by the Office of Tobacco Control (OTC). These
figures once again emp...
Several EU member states have alarmingly high smoking
prevalence amongst young people and reducing smoking in youth is a
crucial task for tobacco control.
The EU anti-smoking campaign HELP - For a life without
Tobacco - highlighted, in a major review of research, the
alarmingly high numb...
The "Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study"
analysed smoking behaviour in adolescents from 35 European
countries, reveals that there is a dramatic increase in the
number of young people who reported having tried smoking between
the ages of 11 and 15.
"There is a dramatic ...
INTERVENTION OF HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS CRUCIAL IN REDUCING 1500 LUNG CANCER DEATHS IN
IRELAND.
In Ireland 1500 people die from lung cancer every year and this
figure will not drop for the next twenty years unless some of those
who presently smoke give up their habit.
Speaking on the...
Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Mr
Seán Power TD, launched the Research Institute for a Tobacco Free
Society in the Digital Hub, Dublin today (7th February).
Minister Sean Power, who launched R.I.F.T.F.S. today said, "The
Tobacco Free Research Institute will be...
Minister Sean Power, Chairman of RIFTFS, and Guests Good
morning. I am delighted to be here this morning to say a few words
on behalf of our Chairman, Dr Michael Boland, the Board Members and
staff of the Office of Tobacco Control. Let me begin by extending
on behalf of Dr. Boland his apolo...