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Wed 08 Aug 2009WHO urges €2 increase in cigarette prices
IRELAND SHOULD continue to increase the price of cigarettes to put them out of reach of young people, according to a senior policy adviser to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Dr Judith Mackay said yesterday that putting an extra €2 on a packet of cigarettes would be “spot on”, discounting claims by the tobacco industry that increasing the price of tobacco only led to smuggling and therefore it should be avoided.
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