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 Seán KyneSeán Kyne (Fine Gael)
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I thank Professor Cox for that very important contribution on that point from Vape Business Ireland. The main concern I have about the Bill is in relation to flavours. Obviously, intuitively, one would think that flavours would induce people to start vaping and it presumably makes it easier. Also, one could argue that it would be an inducement to those who are smoking to give up. That is the crux that I see in relation to decisions that we have to make on flavours. How would Professor Cox respond to that? Perhaps he already did in his opening comments, citing the HSE or Healthy Ireland.