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Cigarette Sales Drop in Ireland Following National Smoking Ban [07/20-3]
Excerpts from: Cigarette sales plummet in Ireland
The Publican [07/20/04]
Irish cigarette sales have fallen overall by 16 per cent in the first six months of the year, according to Revenue Commissioner figures.
The findings were based on the clearance of tobacco stamps with the Revenue revealing a 45 per cent drop in January, when most people try to give up, and a 25 per cent drop in March when the Irish smoking ban was introduced.
The stamps appear on cigarette boxes and are not the same as sales but are considered a good indicator and the drop is expected to lead to a loss of 59 million euros for the government.
The Office of Tobacco Control has recently calculated that the number of people smoking in the country is also in decline and that only 24.5 per cent now consider themselves smokers.
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