Public Health (Single-Use Vapes) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2026-07-07
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Teresa Costello (FF), Agricultural Panel

I think that the Bill will be very successful in reducing the amount of people who vape. Single-use vapes are easily accessible for kids. They are something to grab. Kids are not going to get into the habit of charging vapes and so on but they can just grab a single-use vape and fling it away. Where we will see how it is working is when we take a walk in our local communities and we are not kicking vape packages out of our way.
As a cancer survivor, I hate cigarettes and smoking. I never took up smoking because I was far too vain - I thought it would age me – so vanity saved me from that addiction. I understand that nicotine is an addiction. Senator Collins made me shudder when she said vaping was a part of our culture. I welcomed the smoking ban. The smoking ban was one of the single best things that ever happened in Ireland. I worked in a pub and used to smell of cigarettes coming home. I did not like the smell of them. The ban was brilliant. It took away the fashionable thing of having a cigarette in the pub and we need to do that with vapes. Kids these days are into the gym and keeping fit – I see that with my young fellow – but single-use vapes look like they are harmless. There is an education piece. I have no doubt that the Bill will be successful. Anything we can do to make vapes more difficult for kids to get their hands on is a win for me.
On the Senator’s amendment, I think we will see the evidence on the roads, our parks and everywhere. We will see a decline in the packaging and the environmental hazard it creates.

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Sitting date: 2026-07-07