No plain packaging for cigarettes in Ireland - yet
Health Minister Simon Harris has signed into law an EU directive that will see menthol cigarettes banned.
The regulations will also ban the advertisement of e-cigarettes.
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The regulations will also ban the advertisement of e-cigarettes.
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