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Should the smoking age be increased to 21?

Should the smoking age be increased to 21?

The Hard Shoulder · Newstalk

September 12, 202212m 23s

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Health experts are calling to raise the smoking age to 21 in an effort to reduce the number of young people taking up smoking. A new report from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland claims  that smoking is on the rise among teenage boys and, after “decades of progress,” tobacco reduction is now stagnating in Ireland. Kieran was joined by John Mallon Forest Spokesperson and Dr. Brendan O'Shea Assistant Professor of General at Trinity College and Spokesperson for the Kildare faculty for the ICGP to discuss...