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)

11:55 am

Photo of Robert DowdsRobert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked a question about young women, in particular. Are they tempted to smoke to keep their weight down? Is that an element of the culture or not? I am trying to understand the culture. When I was 13 or 14 the smoking culture in my school was down in the bicycle shed and it was fellows who were showing a bit of bravado.

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