Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will touch on something that Deputy Cullinane raised. During these conversations and the pre-legislative scrutiny process, we have talked a lot about the move away from tobacco and tobacco addiction, but we have talked less about addiction to nicotine in and of itself. In the last session, the use of the word "transition" came up in the sense of smokers transitioning from a tobacco product to an inhaling product. However, inhaling products are not necessarily identified as products that transition the smoker away from addiction to nicotine. I raise this in the context of how the use of cartoon characters, bright, colourful packaging, and flavouring affect young people. I am making the comparison because we have talked about other aids. I do not want to say "Nicorette" because I know I am not allowed to use brand names.