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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: The NHS is currently prescribing it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: It does not prescribe it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: GPs are not the NHS. It does not prescribe it. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I am sure Mr. Dunne is aware of the study raised in the previous session by the British Medical Journalthat showed that e-cigarettes are now linked to fewer successful quitters than other smoking cessation aids.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Is Mr. Dunne setting this aside as a piece of research?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: So Mr. Dunne is not accepting the research from the British Medical Journal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: What is the sector worth in terms of its turnover?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Does the organisation apply a certain percentage to carry out research here in conjunction with academics or medical professionals?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: It does not fund studies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Any education?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I will return to the fact the organisation does not, from what I can gather, support the idea of plain packaging.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Dunne sees it as a quit aid.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Exactly. Is Mr. Dunne happy it would continue not to be a medically-licensed product, in which case we can set it aside as a quit aid? Does he think it should be seen as a medical product?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Can we set aside the idea it is a quit aid? The research is mixed and Mr. Dunne is not moving towards it being a medical product. Can we set aside the idea he believes it is a quit aid?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I would prefer to stick to the evidence-based research.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: 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...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Nicorette does not have cartoon vampires on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: The rate of people quitting smoking has fallen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Vape Business Ireland's position is that to get this rate going again we need more vaping and not less vaping.