Cigarette price increase plays into the hands of illegal traders

I SEE that Dr Fenton Howell of ASH Ireland has trotted out his well-worn annual message (Irish Examiner letters, Dec 2) claiming that thousands of lives would be saved if only we would increase the price of tobacco.

Cigarette price increase plays into the hands of illegal traders

Dr Howell, I hate to tell you this, but none of us is immortal.

The sad truth is that we will die whether we smoke or not.

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