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22nd March 2014
All change in the smoking zoneStand around with a group of smokers and you’ll soon hear some version of: “It’s disgusting. I want to quit. I could take a luxury holiday with the money I spend.”
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21st March 2014
Public health isn’t a priority for profit-driven alcohol industryFor the first time, an Irish Government has decided to treat our harmful relationship with alcohol as a public health problem in an effort to bring about positive change in a society where binge drinking and drunkenness has become normal, accepted behaviour.
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21st March 2014
Employers could be held liable for drink-driving staffEmployers face the prospect of being held liable for road crashes caused by their intoxicated employees as part of a fresh crackdown on drink-driving being considered.
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21st March 2014
Using a mobile while driving is comparable to driving drunkMobile phones and children are the biggest distractions to drivers.
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20th March 2014
Smoking increases breast cancer risk by 19%Smoking increases the risk of breast cancer in older women by almost a fifth, a study has found.
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20th March 2014
Column: Legislation changes our drugs landscape – but it isn’t a complete solutionIt is time to acknowledge that drug and alcohol use is a part of modern society –and a public health issue to be managed, writes Tony Duffin.
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19th March 2014
Alcohol ‘cheaper in shops than nine years ago’Supermarkets are selling alcohol at lower prices than nine years ago, it’s been claimed.
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19th March 2014
Scaremongering or safe? The two sides to banning e-cigarettes in restaurantsCould restaurants in Ireland end up banning electronic cigarettes?
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18th March 2014
Addiction: A public conversation event by THEATREclub & Depaul IrelandAll events take place in Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Dublin 2.
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18th March 2014
From the UK: Cigarette packaging impact studiedCigarettes in brightly coloured packs are considered to be less harmful than others, a poll suggests prompting health campaigners to renew calls for plain packaging.