DUBLIN, Ireland – Most bar owners and pub-goers declared Ireland's (search) smoking ban a success Tuesday, the day after the country became the first in the world to outlaw tobacco in workplaces. And ...

DUBLIN, Ireland – Ireland (search) outlawed smoking in workplaces Monday, imposing the strictest anti-tobacco measure ever adopted by any country on earth — and one certain to change the atmosphere in ...

In March 2004, Ireland became the first country in the world to ban smoking in indoor public places, including bars and restaurants. Every country that eventually followed suit wrestled with the same ...

Visualize an Irish pub: there’s likely fiddles, pints, and smoke – and lots of it. While that may be a reality in some Irish pubs abroad, that hasn’t been entirely the case in Ireland for the last ...

Ten years since setting a trend with its workplace smoking ban, Ireland is pushing ahead to be the first EU state with plain packaging for cigarettes despite fierce opposition from tobacco companies.

DUBLIN, Ireland — A once-unthinkable change is coming to one of the social hubs of Ireland: The pub is going smoke-free. Bowing to health concerns, the government says it will ban smoking from all ...