Mr. Mark Murphy:

I will come in on the question of advertising. A lot of e-cigarette companies, similarly to tobacco company tactics, try to make their product look cool and attractive. One of the ways they do that is by selling these e-cigarettes at festivals and at other kinds of temporary premises. Juul was a big culprit there. This legislation will ban tobacco products at temporary or moveable premises but that does not include nicotine-inhaling products like e-cigarettes. That is a major amendment we would have to make to the Bill, that e-cigarettes and tobacco products be banned at these temporary facilities. E-cigarette companies have their stands at festivals or other events in Ireland that young people attend. They are not even trying to market them as any kind of cessation device; they just want to market them as something cool that people can have with friends while listening to music. This Bill needs to be amended to ban e-cigarettes at moveable premises, and also at events for children. This Bill bans tobacco at events with children. There is no reason nicotine-inhaling products need to be sold at events for children either. Those are two major amendments that we think need to be included.