PRO-SMOKERS CAMPAIGN SEEKS GALWAY SUPPORT

Date Published: 14-Oct-2011

A pro-smokers organisation is coming to Galway next week to drum up support for smokers rights.

Forest Eireann is calling on the Government to relax the smoking ban, cut tobacco duty to tackle smuggling and respect the rights of adults who decide to smoke.

The group is supported by the British smokers' group Forest and receives donations from tobacco companies in Britain and Ireland.

Forest Eireann supporters are coming to Galway on Wednesday week October 19th to distribute their manifesto around the city centre.

Spokesperson John Mallon says the anti-smoking movement has gone too far.