Ms Claire Gordon:

That makes sense. First of all, and it is kind of a blunt statement, but from a public health perspective, the cigarettes that have warnings on them in English will kill you just as much as the cigarettes that do not. So, in one sense, if a flood of tobacco products came into Ireland through personal use that did not have the warnings on them or did not have the warnings on them in a language that was understandable, it would definitely undercut and undermine what we are trying to do in terms of the messaging. However, there is no particular merit in cigarettes that have those warnings, in the sense that they will kill you just as much. As I understand it, decisions are made at EU level about personal quotas for bringing cigarettes into the country.