Has the tobacco office gone up in smoke?

ASH Ireland is concerned about reports indicating that the Office of Tobacco Control will be absorbed back into the Department of Health and Children as part of the restructuring of the health services.

This office was established by Health Minister Micheál Martin and has done excellent work in the tobacco control and awareness creation fields.

This is also the only element of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act, 2002, which has been implemented to date.