The Department of Health in Northern Ireland undertook a mid-term review of its Ten-Year Tobacco Control Strategy (2012-2022), with a view to making recommendations for its remaining term. The goals of the strategy are: Fewer people starting to smoke More smokers quitting Protecting people from tobacco smoke To inform the Department’s mid-term review, the Institute…
The Institute of Public Health has launched a new factsheet series providing evidence relating to COVID-19 and key public health topics. The first factsheet provides a summary of evidence relating to COVID-19 and tobacco. Click here to view it. Each factsheet is a ‘snapshot’ based on a review of available evidence at the time of…
In this blog, Olivia O’Brien, discusses a new law banning the sale of menthol tobacco products across Ireland and Northern Ireland. Olivia is completing an internship with the Institute as part of her Masters in Public Policy at UCD. With a lot of focus on the response to Covid-19, the ban on the sale of…
06 Aug 2014 In April 2012, a UK public consultation sought feedback from those with an interest in the policy of standardised packaging for tobacco products The UK Government has not yet made a final decision on whether to introduce standardised packaging and undertook another consultation in 2014. The purpose of the 2014 consultation is…
