A new campaign has been launched in Clare in what health officials say they hope is a further step towards a tobacco and vape free county.
The local authority and a number of other local stakeholders have launched the ‘Not Around Us’ initiative, primarily aimed at young people, with the aim of denormalising smoking for the next generation.
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It’s in response to a national target set by the government for a less than five percent smoking prevalence in Ireland by 2025.
The HSE’s Quit Co-Ordinator for the Midwest, Mary McMahon, says they want to limit the number of young people here taking up the habit.
