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)
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
I welcome our guests and thank them for their presentation. I speak as someone who smoked for many years, though, thankfully, I have been off them for the past ten years. I appreciate how difficult it is to kick the habit. There is no doubt about that. It is certainly the case that some people benefit from vaping and that it assists their kicking of the habit. I ask our guests why so many of the products are geared towards a younger audience, as far the packaging and flavourings are concerned. What is the idea of that if they are not designed to attract children and young people?
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