Sir, – Regarding the Government’s laudable plan to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products, according to tobacco multinational Philip Morris that strategy would cost the Exchequer €125 million a year in lost revenue (News, August 12th). Did you ever hear the like? Smoking-related illness costs the State some €2 billion a year. The tobacco industry should be made cough up more in taxes to ease the burden that smoking imposes on State coffers.To the Government I say this: take no notice of these brazen purveyors of carcinogenic products. – Yours, etc,
PAUL DELANEY,
Beacon Hill,
Dalkey