Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages
Dail Éireann — 2026-06-24
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Pádraig Rice (SD), Cork South-Central

I move amendment No. 3:
In page 28, to delete lines 8 to 39, and substitute the following:
“Flavour names of nicotine inhaling products and nicotine consumption products
32F . (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person shall not sell by retail a nicotine inhaling product or nicotine consumption product with a flavour name.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the sale by retail of a nicotine inhaling product or nicotine consumption product with a flavour name specified in the Schedule.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Minister may, by regulation, add flavour names to the flavour names specified in the Schedule or remove flavour names specified in the Schedule.
(4) When making regulations under subsection (3), the Minister shall, having regard to public health and to the objectives of reducing harm from tobacco products, nicotine inhaling products and nicotine consumption products and prioritising the protection of health of children, take the following matters into account:
(a) the need to limit flavour names that may disproportionately appeal to children;
(b) evidence relating to flavours for nicotine inhaling products and smoking cessation, initiation and continuation of nicotine inhaling product use, or harm to health relating to nicotine inhaling products and nicotine consumption products;
(c) the prevalence of smoking of tobacco and use of nicotine inhaling products or nicotine consumption products in both children and adults, and the demographics of children and adults who smoke tobacco or use nicotine inhaling products or nicotine consumption products;
(d) evidence of the effectiveness, and other impacts, of the restrictions concerning flavour names for nicotine inhaling products and nicotine consumption products contained in this Act.
(5) A person shall not sell by retail a nicotine inhaling product or nicotine consumption product with a variant name which implies that such product has—
(a) a particular sensory characteristic, or otherwise contains references to temperatures, textures or oral sensations, or
(b) a flavour other than that described in the flavour name.
(6) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (5) commits an offence.”.”.

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Sitting date: 2026-06-24