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Ireland, a longtime leader in the tobacco control movement (Ireland was actually the first countries to impose a nationwide smoking ban way back in 2004, which may or may not have had anything to do with the decline of the pub industry in that country, depending on who you ask), is making a push to force cigarette companies to remove all their branding from their packages and sell cigarettes in plain packaging only

The choice depends largely on previous smoking habits

Eva Wiseman writes: The problem with our major shift away from smoking was, while they could persuasively prove that it killed people, they were unable to convince anyone that cigarettes were not cool. Cigarettes youngest brother, Zyn, is the epitome of uncool

In fact, Indonesias trade minister went as far as to suggest that vapers should just take up conventional smoking because a reduction in smoking would harm the countrys tobacco farmers

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