Ireland – The health of Big Tobacco

An anti-smoking organization defends the "minimum price" of cigarettes.

Professor Luke Clancy

Professor Luke Clancy

ASH - "Action on Smoking and Health" has entered the anti-smoking field with a new chairman, Professor emeritus Luke Clancy: "Consultant Respiratory Physician at St. James's Hospital and Medical Director of Peamount Hospital, Dublin."

The European Union has just undertaken legal action against Ireland (as well as Italy and Austria) for its cigarette minimum price policy, because it "distorts market competition and benefits only the manufacturers by safeguarding their profit margins".

The EU maintains that taxation on all cigarettes is the best way to set their prices… comparable to the discovery of hot water! Read more »

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