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#WNTD Blog: Tobacco and Mental Health - Untangling the relationship and identifying opportunities to progress policy

Institute of Public Health

IPH Public Health Development Officers, Dr Joanna Purdy and Dr Ciara Reynolds, were among the many delegates to present at the April conference. The report was developed for the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, as part of their review of the Ten Year Tobacco Control Strategy for Northern Ireland (2012-2022).

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#WNTD Blog: Gaslighting, greenwashing and personal responsibility – old and new tropes in tobacco industry interference

Institute of Public Health

That most people in Ireland, including people who smoke, want to see the government introduce more ambitious tobacco endgame measures than are currently in place. That estimates of illicit tobacco produced by the industry are generally overblown and are designed to put the chill-factor on the adoption of progressive pricing measures.