Forest Ireland represents adult smokers who choose to smoke and don’t want to quit. We also represent adults who are tolerant of smoking. #SmokersAreVoters
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‘My worst-ever job? Working in a tobacco factory as a non-smoker, and getting cigarettes as a bonus’ 🤣🚬 independent.ie/business/mone…
Enforcement of flavoured vapes ban could take a year rte.ie/news/politics/2026/10…
‘It’s definitely naughty’ - how cigarettes are making a comeback at Irish weddings jrnl.ie/7154877
'Vintage chic': Has TikTok made smoking cool again? newstalk.com/news/smoking-2-…
Bid to cut smoking ‘abject failure’, Dáil told, as budget pushes cigarette prices higher
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The price of a packet of 20 cigarettes will rise by €1 from midnight – pushing a box to over €20 and breaking the barrier of €1 per cigarette.
Vapes are also to be levied with a greater amount of tax and will increase by 20c per ml. jrnl.ie/7183736
Pack of 20 cigarettes to rise to more than €20. Campaigners said the increase was “an outrageous attack on law-abiding consumers … The only winners will be criminal gangs who will be delighted that many more smokers will be driven to the black market.”
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New cigarette price hike has been slammed by smokers’ rights group Forest who say the excise increase is “unfair” and will drive many more smokers to the black market.
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Pack of cigarettes up by €1, vape products up 20C per ml rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/100…
Budget 2027: Pack of 20 cigarettes will increase by €1 with pro-rata increases on other tobacco products. The duty on e-liquid products (vapes) will increase by 20 cent per millilitre. irishtimes.com/your-money/20…
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Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne will table a bill that would ban the sale of tobacco or nicotine products to anyone born on or after 2009.
The bill would ensure the cohort will never be legally permitted to purchase such products over their lifetime.
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‘Taoiseach Micheál Martin has signalled his personal support for an outright ban on vapes while outlining proposals to limit the number of vape shops.’
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No cigarettes or vapes for sale at this year's Electric Picnic jrnl.ie/7143765
Hiqa to review tobacco affordability as Irish smoking rates stall
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The Government is considering a new law that would ban the sale of cigarettes and vapes to anyone born on or after January 1st, 2009.
🚭The move aims to create a "smoke-free generation".
🎧Listen back to Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne, who is proposing the bill, on Newstalk Breakfast for more.
Spain's minority left-wing government has approved a draft law that would ban smoking and vaping in outdoor spaces including bar terraces, parks and beaches. rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0721…
A generational smoking ban looks to be on the cards for Ireland - but will it work? jrnl.ie/7104701
Cabinet to consider phasing out sale of cigarettes.
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