Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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448. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) relating to vaping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42168/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I very much welcome the engagement of the students from Mercy Secondary School in Tralee on this important issue. I share their goal of discouraging young people and non-smokers from using electronic cigarettes. In relation to young people in particular, it is my intention, in the coming weeks, to seek Government approval for the drafting of a Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill that will include provisions to prohibit the sale of nicotine-inhaling products such as electronic cigarettes by and to persons under the age of 18.

In addition, in March of this year I asked the Health Research Board to undertake a review of the evidence in relation to the health harms of electronic cigarettes. The Health Research Board will report back in the spring of 2020 and its findings will go towards informing decisions on any future regulation of nicotine-inhaling products.