Green Party Councillor calls for smoking ban in outdoor dining areas
“I think the days of outside being a smoking area are gone – outdoor dining is different to a smoking area.” Wicklow Green Party Councillor Erika Doyle has said that the “vast, vast majority” of reactions to her viral tweet on Saturday calling for a smoking ban in outdoor dining areas have been positive. Speaking […]
5 years ago
U.S. politician proposes bill that will raise legal smoking age to 100
It would effectively ban smoking entirely in the state of Hawaii. Currently, under Irish law, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to buy cigarettes. That is the same age for the majority of America, with a few exceptions, one of them being the state of Hawaii, where the legal age is […]
8 years ago
A major new report has good and bad news for people who use e-cigarettes
Interesting findings from a major study in the United States. A new report in the United States has found that e-cigarettes may help adults to stop smoking conventional cigarettes, but that their use amongst young people also increases the risk of them taking up conventional smoking when they’re older. Those were two of the most […]
9 years ago
5 signs that smokers are on the wrong side of evolution
Smokers may be a dying breed in more ways than one. Anyone who’s watched Mad Men will know that smoking used to be commonplace in offices, around the kitchen table or in a car full of kids. It just wasn’t a big deal. Over the years, health warnings and smoking bans have changed attitudes to […]
9 years ago