Ireland to raise minimum age for tobacco sales to 21

The Republic of Ireland will raise the minimum age for the purchase of cigarettes to 21, designed to reduce the country’s adult smoking rate to less than five per cent.

The Republic of Ireland will raise the minimum age for the purchase of cigarettes to 21, designed to reduce the country’s adult smoking rate to less than five per cent. Lawmakers in the country said in a statement on Tuesday, that the plan would make Ireland the first country in the EU to take such measure, […]