Smoking by Young Girls 'Alarming'
Leinster Express (ie) (Jul 28, 2001)
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THE level of smoking by young girls, in particular, was "alarming," Councillor Tommy McKeigue told the Midland Health Board last week.

He praised the Board's efforts to help people give up smoking, but feared that anti-smoking regulations at national level were not being enforced.

Dr. Patrick Doorley, Director of Public Health and Planning, said that smoking was responsible for 7,000 deaths annually, mainly through cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, chronic lung disease and other cancers.

The Board, through its Health Promotion Service and the Health Promoting Hospitals Initiative, had been "developing a number of initiatives aimed at combating smoking."