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

Photo of Gino KennyGino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. This is a very interesting debate. My opinions have changed on this issue a number of times. I have moved from having an agnostic point of view to favouring more regulation and harm reduction, which is what we are here to discuss today. There is no doubt the tobacco industry is trying to reinvent itself by selling another product by another means. We have seen in the last 50 or 60 years that big tobacco plays an insidious role in how it markets its products and so forth. I have no doubt it is trying to get new consumers to use its products. I am all for regulation and if that means people have less access to products that are harmful, then that is a good thing.

I have about six questions so I ask for short answers. They relate to the Bill and also a matter that falls outside its outside. First, where are these vape products mainly made?

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