Ireland has a strong track record in tobacco control. Progress has been made in tackling harm caused by smoking through a comprehensive range of efforts across pricing, legislation, public education & warnings, and treatment services. The Department of Health provides leadership for the implementation of Tobacco Free Ireland, the current national policy on tobacco use, which sets a vision for a society where tobacco use has been eliminated and smoking prevalence is less than 5% by 2025. The Health Service Executive (HSE), through its Tobacco Free Ireland Programme the current national policy on tobacco use, which sets a vision for a society where tobacco use has been eliminated and smoking prevalence is less than 5% by 2025. The Health Service Executive (HSE), through its Tobacco Free Ireland Programme, is responsible for actions in the following areas:

• building compliance and enforcing tobacco control legislation to protect people from tobacco smoke and to regulate advertising and retail of tobacco products;

• warning about the dangers of tobacco products through developing and delivering mass media;

• helping people to quit using tobacco products through delivering cessation services; and

• de-normalising tobacco use through the implementation of the HSE Tobacco Free Campus Policy.