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Is Tobacco Still Affordable in Ireland | Dublin News
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Smoking rates in Ireland stubbornly hover around 17-18% since 2019, defying anti-smoking efforts — but new analysis from Hiqa is digging into whether tobacco’s still affordable despite steep price hikes. With cigarette costs up 24% since 2020 while wages rose 28%, the real affordability puzzle remains. Hiqa’s comparing Ireland to other EU nations and the UK, using household income, wage growth, and spending habits — not just GDP — to uncover how accessible tobacco really is for Irish families. The goal? To help policymakers make tobacco less attainable, moving Ireland closer to its tobacco-free vision of under 5% smoking prevalence.
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