Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have an 18 year old son and I checked the matter with him recently. In his class of 30, only four students smoked so things have improved and there has been much work done to counteract the harm of smoking, including advertising.

Advertising is an area that we certainly need to look at due to the volume of advertising thrown at people and the content. With regard to content, we see far too much humour and joviality associated with alcohol. We must stop that as it is giving young people the wrong idea. We need strict regulation in that area and I think it will be very effective.

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