Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Ms Power's opening statement was very hard-hitting and rightly so. She said that the tobacco industry kills one in two of its customers. That is very hard-hitting but obviously true. That is why we are here in regard to this Bill and the pre-legislative scrutiny to look at how we can make this Bill better. I accept what both organisations are saying. They welcome the legislation in as far as it goes, but it should, and can, go further. I agree with them. There is one point of difference between the two organisations. They are on the same page in most areas but, and this is a question for Ms Power first, the Irish Heart Foundation supports increasing the legal age of sale of cigarettes and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21. I do not see that in her opening statement. Is there a point of difference or is that something she would also support?
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