Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives and Focus Groups

11:40 am

Photo of Peter MathewsPeter Mathews (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have moved from alcohol to cigarettes. Advertising on the packaging indicates such products damage health and there are now pictures to illustrate that. People from the tobacco industry indicated that the volume of cigarettes sold illegally for consumption is now huge. Do the witnesses have updated figures? From every ten cigarettes smoked, how many are smuggled and how many are bought in ordinary shops?

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