Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed)
10:35 am
Dr. Ross Morgan:
There is unity here. This legislation is primarily about discouraging young people from starting to smoke cigarettes. It is part of a suite of things that can be done to get the prevalence down further. The success of the last decade has seen smoking rates fall from about 30% to 22% and a reduction of about 50% in 12 to 15 year olds starting to smoke. I thank the members for their questions. I will pass over to Ms Cronin for some specific answers.
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