Cigarette manufacturers should be forced to advertise the telephone number of the Smokers' Helpline on all cigarette packets according to Kildare South Fine Gael General Election Candidate Cllr Richard Daly.
"It has come to my attention that tobacco companies, in certain countries in Europe, are already printing the smokers' helpline number on each packet of cigarettes produced.
"While the compulsory health warnings on packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products are welcome, there is an obvious opportunity to marry the negative health warning messages with the positive suggestion that help to quit smoking is readily available at the end of a telephone line.
"In spite of all the medical evidence that smoking leads to a variety of illnesses such as respiratory failure, lung cancer, hardening of the arteries and cardiac arrest the number of smokers in Ireland still remains alarmingly high. The inclusion of the helpline number on cigarette packets and tobacco products might go some way towards reducing the numbers. I call on the Minister for Health, Mary Harney, to consider the merits of my suggestion."
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