Public Health (Single-Use Vapes) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-04
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Pádraig Rice (SD), Cork South-Central

I welcome the announcement of the second vaping Bill, in particular the piece around prohibiting the sale of nicotine-consumption products such as pouches to under-18s and the piece around advertising. It is targeted at children. The bubblegum flavours and advertising target children in an aggressive way. I support limiting the flavours as well.
As I said earlier, I was talking to some teenagers and they spoke of the use of vapes among fourth, fifth and sixth class students in primary schools. In a secondary school, one student I talked to said nearly everyone in second year of the school vaped. It is a real issue.
Like Deputy Cullinane, I think the flavours could be limited while allowing something like menthol, which is a cigarette flavour as well, for those who do not want to smoke but will vape. I welcome the progress on that and I welcome these public health measures. They are really important.

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Sitting date: 2026-03-04