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

Mr. Paul Gordon:

We do not have a figure for use on a daily basis but overall for the general population it would be 5%. That includes daily users of e-cigarettes and occasional users. Again, more generally, we see a higher preponderance of it in younger people. It was mentioned that four in ten 15 to 16 year olds have used e-cigarettes. Some 16% of that group used an e-cigarette in the past 30 days, which is really worrying, particularly when taken in tandem with a rise in smoking rates among that group in the past few years, as pointed out earlier by Mr. Macey.

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