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)

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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The British Medical Journalsays the opposite.

We cannot come to a consensus on this. Mr. Dunne is refusing to accept plain packaging which, in fairness would be standard for most medical products. When people fill a prescription the product comes in something that might have the name on it. Most generic medicines have plain packaging. We know smoking products have plain packaging. Are we setting aside the issue of it being a quit aid?