Dara Murphy (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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557. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals for the regulation of the sale of e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42062/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The report of the Tobacco Policy Review Group 'Tobacco Free Ireland' was launched on the 03rd October 2013. The report recommends the establishment of a regulatory framework for nicotine products in the context of discussions at European Union level. Last December, the Commission published a proposal for a new EU Tobacco Products Directive, the ultimate purpose of which is to reduce the numbers of people smoking. The proposal is being discussed in the European Parliament and Council of Ministers and the Commission hope that it will be adoptedin 2014. Under the proposal, electronic cigarettes above a certain threshold of nicotine would be regulated under medicines legislation.