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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Good morning everybody. We will probably return to the issue relating to flavour and advertising. Mr. Connolly very helpfully included his own experience. Does he currently vape?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I was looking around online at what is available. Would Mr. Connolly consider himself an average user of vaping?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: How much would he use a day?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Two 10 ml bottles a week, Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Yes. I was on Mr. Connolly's website, ezSmoke.ie. I was looking to see what items were available and came across his vampire vape flavours. I do not know if anybody has seen those flavours but they come in an incredibly cute little bottle with a cartoon vampire on it. It is a very non-threatening vampire and the flavours include things like pear drops and strawberry milkshake. I will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: That is fair enough. There is a broad range of products and, in this case, I was trying to give the example of a particular cartoon character being used in this way. I take the point. One of the issues that has come to the committee's attention is that there was a decline in teenage smoking for the past few years. The latest research shows that smoking has started to increase again,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: One of the things this conversation suffers from is the differentiation between being addicted to tobacco and nicotine and being addicted to nicotine on its own. Those who are vaping are still addicted to nicotine, or is it fair to say that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Nicotine is highly addictive. People crave it. They have withdrawal symptoms if they do not receive it, and it raises blood pressure, spikes adrenaline and increases the heart rate. I am reading this from the Johns Hopkins University medical website. Is that all true?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Connolly himself, as a vaper, is addicted to nicotine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: For average users, as Mr. Connolly would describe it, that is 10 ml twice a week. On the websites I look at, it is in the region of €4.50 or €5 for each 10 ml, which is €10 per week. One of the statements Mr. Connolly made earlier is that those who are addicted to cigarettes might be so for many reasons, including the fact they might be from lower socioeconomic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: A study was published this month by the British Medical Journalwhich suggested that while the industry is claiming electronic cigarettes can help smokers to quit tobacco smoking for good, e-cigarettes are, in fact, linked to fewer successful quitters than other smoking cessation aids, such as NRT.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Does Mr. Connolly accept that the British Medical Journal is a reputable source?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I take the point but when we have asked for data today, we got the suggestion that anecdotal evidence is the same as evidence from the British Medical Journal, and it is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Is Mr. Connolly saying that he is cherry-picking the data?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: The HSE does not recommend e-cigarettes as a cessation device for smoking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Has the IVVA made representations to the HSE about that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: When was the last time it did that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: That would be 2018.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: The research from King's College, London and the University of Waterloo in Canada found that children are more likely to find a range of popular vaping brands appealing if the packaging used incorporates bright colours as opposed to being plain. I am watching my speaking time tick down. In the time remaining, I want to try to understand how we got to the flavours issue altogether. On the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: No cigarettes are blueberry or strawberry milkshake flavoured.