Mr. Declan Connolly:

I accept that vaping is not a panacea which will on its own help achieve a tobacco-free Ireland but I believe it has an important role to play. Nothing is better than fresh air. No one will argue with that. Legislators have to be careful when legislation is being brought in which will affect vaping. They have to compare it with the much more deadly alternative product that is smoking. If vaping is over-regulated, it could stop people making the switch and cause some people who used to vape to go back smoking. We have to be careful of perverse and unintended consequences.