The HSE is set to launch a new advertising campaign in an attempt to curb cigarette consumption in Ireland.
New research from Healthy Ireland revealed that roughly one in five Irish adults smokes, with the rate of cigarette use remaining the same as reported in 2019. However, experts say that the while smoking had decreased in women, the number of young men who now smoke has gone up.
Worryingly the rate in children has gone up for the first time 25 years, and is now at 14 per cent. This is said to be linked to e-cigarette use, where children are twice as likely to start smoking if they use e-cigarettes.
