Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

These are the figures they are quoting. They are quoting figures and they are producing figures from the research that is available to them. They are saying it increased from 23% in 2015 to 37% in 2019. That is a huge increase in the number using e-cigarettes. The figures from the research also showed that people are more likely to use cigarettes if they have been vaping. I know we have made huge progress in Ireland in regard to reducing the number who are smoking but there is a concern that the figures may go back up again.

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