Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Mr. Colin Regan:
Exactly. We learned lessons from the alcohol and substance abuse prevention programme. More than 750 clubs have drug and alcohol policies in place and swathes of them are moving in the direction of being completely smoke-free, There is a recognition in that area, and the same recognition and cultural change is now starting to happen with the products such as fizzy drinks and crisps.