Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 6, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “Report on De-Nicotinisation and Smoking Cessation Supports

12. The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, conduct a review, to be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas within 12 months of the passing of this Act, to examine and propose measures regarding gradual reductions in the nicotine content of tobacco products, expanding smoking cessation supports, and a targeted campaign for the reduction in smoking rates among young people.”.

This is an amendment on de-nicotinisation. Essentially, the aim is to consider legislating for gradual reductions to the nicotine content of tobacco products. This is a sensible option because it is aimed at all smokers, not just young or potentially new smokers. Our amendment would require the Minister for Health in the next government to carry out a review of this option and report to the Oireachtas within a year of the passing of this legislation. The office of consumption-related harm reduction, as proposed by Sinn Féin, would advise in this area.

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