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WTO Backs Australian Plain Packaging Laws

The World Trade Organization has upheld Australia’s right to impose plain-package label restrictions on the sale of tobacco products, two people clos...

All Branding To Be Removed From Tobacco Packs From September

All forms of branding – trademarks, logos, colours and graphics – are to be removed from tobacco packs from the 30th September 2017, according...

Revenue Seizes €18,000 Worth Of Contraband Cigarettes

On Tuesday, 16 August, Revenue officers seized over €18,000 worth of contraband goods following the search of a number of premises in the Dublin area....

15% Of Cigarettes Consumed In Ireland Come From Illicit Trade: KPMG

New research by KPMG has revealed that 15% of cigarettes consumed in Ireland in 2015 came from the illicit trade, marking a second year of growth in a row...

Minister For Health Signs Tobacco Products Directive Into Law

The European Union (Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products) Regulations 2016 came into force today, Friday May 20 2016, when ne...

Tobacco Companies React To ECJ Ruling On Tobacco Products Directive

Two major tobacco firms have issued statements in relation to the European Court of Justice’s ruling that the Tobacco Products Directive doesn’...

JTI Ireland: Tobacco Tax Increases 'Past The Point Of Diminishing Returns'

Ahead of this Friday’s General Election, JTI Ireland has told Checkout that recent tax increases in the tobacco sector are now "long since passe...

Revenue Seizes Nearly 19,000 Black Market Cigarettes At Rosslare

Irish Revenue officers seized 18,800 cigarettes at Rosslare Europort on Saturday, 13th of February, after they stopped and searched an Irish-registered car...