Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed)
Dr. Helen McAvoy:
If you smoke only two or three cigarettes a week, unfortunately that does not give you the risk reduction for tobacco-related diseases that we would like. Even at two or three cigarettes per week, you will still have quite bit of risk for tobacco-related disease. It can take up to ten or 15 years to return to the risk level of a non-smoker. Therefore, the dual-use picture is of genuine concern to us. More cynical people than I might say that is part of the business model. There is genuine concern that we will not achieve the harm-reduction effect if so many people are dual-using the products.
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