Forest Eireann's John Mallon is on the road – again.
Nine months after his last tour of Ireland (the first was in 2011), our man in Ireland is embarking on yet another mini media marathon.
Starting tomorrow in Cork, where he lives, John is scheduled to visit Waterford, Tipperary, Kilkenny, Tullamore, Tralee, Limerick, Sligo, Galway, Ballyhaunis, Longford, Roscommon, Droheda and, finally, Dublin.
The aim of the tour is to promote Forest Eireann's new campaign, Plain Packs Plain Stupid.
In the next few weeks the Irish Parliament's Joint Health and Children Committee will meet four times to consider the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013.
Last week was the deadline for submissions and we will find out shortly who will be asked to give oral evidence to the Committee.
You can follow John's latest adventure on the Forest Eireann blog and I'll post occasional updates here.
See also: 'Voice and friend of the smoker' to fight plain packaging of tobacco (Forest Eireann)
Forest: legislation for standardised tobacco packaging is not fit for purpose (Retail Times)