Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To make it short, it appears that there is different advice in the UK. If the intention is to achieve the same objective, why do we have different advice from that in the UK? This has been raised with all of us from time to time. I am a former smoker, who smoked for 27 years. I stopped by going cold turkey - just like that - but I know people who did not stop and who still continue to smoke. I also know people who vape and hanker back to smoking as well when they get a chance. The expert advice available in the UK differs from here.