Ireland refused to be bullied by Big Tobacco

Children’s Minister James Reilly addressed the World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Abu Dhabi on the battle for cigarette plain packaging legislation in Ireland and Europe

Ireland refused to be bullied by Big Tobacco
Fri, 20 Mar, 2015 - 00:00
James Reilly

RECENTLY, Ireland became the second country in the world and the first in Europe to enact plain packaging legislation.

This has been a long journey.

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