Frances Black (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Power for that. I totally agree with her. It comes back to the legislation around alcohol and the importance of advertising in that legislation. What role do tobacco companies have in e-cigarette companies? We have heard that some tobacco companies have shares in these groups. Are there alliances made by tobacco companies to prevent these regulations? Is this not a conflict of interest if we have tobacco companies inadvertently lobbying on public health? Again, it is a little like the alcohol issue because that was almost like public health versus big industry. I just wanted to get a little understanding around that from the witnesses' perspective. Do they think tobacco companies have an interest or shares in e-cigarette companies? What is their thinking on all of that?