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)

Mr. John Dunne:

No. I spoke about the report that came out in November 2021 from the five universities in the UK that was based on 58 studies. We did not get to the conclusions, but what they found is that flavours are an important aspect of why vapers use the products. They found no evidence that flavours attract young people to go on to smoking. They found that no adverse effects or harm were caused by using e-liquid vaping products. The study was in collaboration with researchers at University College London, the University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. That was published in November 2021 and it looked at 500,000 young people.