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12th October 2013
Cannabis causing strokes in young people, Irish medic saysConsultant has seen ‘five or six cases’ of young people having strokes after using herbal cannabis.
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11th October 2013
Poll: Should we have a minimum price for alcohol?Doctors say minimum pricing for alcohol should be a priority in next week’s Budget as a way of preventing people from binge drinking.
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11th October 2013
GPs call for minimum pricing on alcohol and sugar taxThe Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) said targeting the “excessive alcohol consumption in Ireland” should be a national priority.
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10th October 2013
FF wants to raise USC on incomes over €100k and increase the price of cigarettes and wineFianna Fáil has proposed raising the universal social charge on those earning over €100,000 as well as raising excise duty on cigarettes by €1 and bottles of wine by 50 cent, in its pre-Budget submission launched today.
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10th October 2013
Judge urges more facilities to help drug addictsA judge has said that until a sufficient number of properly resourced facilities for drug addicts are put in place, more deaths like that suffered by James Sherlock will occur.
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9th October 2013
MEPs pass new rules on sale of tobaccoNew rules to take some of the glamour out of smoking were passed by the European Parliament, but the industry’s massive lobbying campaign won important concessions.
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8th October 2013
Taoiseach writes to MEPs before key tobacco voteTaoiseach writes to Irish MEPs and members of European People’s Party in advance of vote
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8th October 2013
Smoking by pregnant mothers leaves children with smaller brains, research findsChildren born to mothers who smoke during pregnancy have smaller brains and are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression, according to research just published.
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7th October 2013
The darknet rises: unravelling the web’s underbellyThis week the FBI arrested Ross William Ulbricht, whom it claims is notorious online as the Dread Pirate Roberts, and shut a hub of alleged illegal activity. But many other sites could take its place online
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7th October 2013
Reilly tells Big Tobacco: come ahead and sue usHealth Minister James Reilly has defiantly challenged Big Tobacco to sue Ireland and its taxpayers for billions of euro over his plans to introduce plain packaging for all cigarettes.