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ASH Ireland Supports Workplace Ban
30/January/2003
ASH Ireland strongly supports Minister Michael Martin in the introduction of a total ban on smoking in the workplace – announced today.

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Smoking protest at German embassy
12/February/2003
ASH Ireland, The Irish Heart Foundation and The Irish Cancer Society were represented at a protest outside the German Embassy in Dublin today, which calls on the German Government to quit supporting the tobacco industry and support the German Health Lobby.

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ASH Ireland welcomes EU adoption of world’s first Tobacco Control Treaty.
21/May/2003
ASH Ireland welcomes EU adoption of world’s first Tobacco Control Treaty.

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ASH Ireland Concerned About The Future of Office of Tobacco Control
09/June/2003
ASH Ireland is concerned about media reports over the weekend indicating that the Office of Tobacco Control, now based in Clane, will be absorbed back into the Department of Health.

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Professor Luke Clancy Appointed as Chairman ASH Ireland
20/June/2003
The Board of ASH Ireland recently appointed Professor Luke Clancy as Chairman. This will be Professor Clancy’s second term as Chairperson. He previously held the appointment from 1994 to 1998.

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ASH Ireland Welcomes Statement from Medical and Allied Professional Community.
02/July/2003
ASH Ireland Welcomes Statement from Medical and Allied Professional Community. Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in Ireland

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ASH Ireland Disappointed that Minister Walsh Supports the Retention of Grade One Carcinogens in Pubs.
07/July/2003
ASH Ireland Disappointed that Minister Walsh Supports the Retention of Grade One Carcinogens in Pubs.

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ASH Ireland Calls for Further Levy on Cigarettes - on The Polluter Pays Principle
16/July/2003
ASH Ireland welcomes the move announced by the Government recently to put a levy on chewing gum – to offset the cost of the litter caused by the associated waste. When outdoors virtually all cigarette smokers toss the butts, mostly still lit onto pavements and other areas

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Statement by the Medical and Allied Professional Community in Ireland on the occasion of the Adoption and Signing of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control at the World Health Assembly
16/July/2003
Statement by the Medical and Allied Professional Community in Ireland on the occasion of the Adoption and Signing of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control at the World Health Assembly

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Vintners Must Act Responsibly
21/October/2003
ASH Ireland finds it quite incredible that Vintners now appear to be putting forward a policy of actively breaking the law – in regard to the proposed smoking ban.

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ASH Ireland Welcomes Workplace Regulations
23/October/2003
ASH Ireland Welcomes Workplace Regulations

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ASH Ireland Response to Budget
15/December/2003
ASH Ireland Response to Budget

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