Report due on Polish smoking habits in Ireland

Dublin- A report on the smoking habits of Polish people living in Ireland will be launched today. The study into the prevalence of smoking in immigrants was carried out by the Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society.
Some 100,000 Poles currently live and work in the country.Specialist Professor Luke Clancy, Minister for Integration Conor Lenihan, and Professor Witold Zatonski, an expert on Tobacco and Health in Poland, will be at the launch at the EU offices on Dublin’s Molesworth Street. Earlier this week, anti-smoking campaigners urged the Government to extend the ban to cars carrying children. Ash Ireland warned that youngsters are at serious risk from asthma and lung infections caused by cigarette smoke. The organisation said there is plenty of evidence to show passive smoking is harmful to children and called for smoking to be eventually outlawed in all vehicles.