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
Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Is there anything we should be communicating to young people about smoking that we are not already doing? It might be something you have not mentioned this morning or something you wish to emphasise. Are we on the same wavelength as you or, because we are wearing shirts, ties and suits, does it appear that we are different? You said you do not take notice of adults but if you see somebody, such as a surgeon general or a doctor, making the comment, is that more effective than one of us? How do we get young people to become ambassadors to prevent smoking? How do we encourage the Tipperary Regional Youth Service, multiplied across Ireland, to be the ambassador to prevent smoking?
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