As the Minister knows, bulk discounting is a technique used to drive the sales and consumption of cigarettes. A pack of 20 cigarettes costs €16.75 but a pack of 33 cigarettes costs €25.60. Amendment No. 4, my second amendment, is to ban the sale of big boxes of cigarettes, that is, packs of 20.
This is on the basis that if they buy more cigarettes they will smoke more cigarettes. I had never heard of a 30-pack of cigarettes. Section 38 of the Act of 2002 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): “(1) It shall be an offence for a person to sell cigarettes by retail other than in a packet containing 20 cigarettes.”.”.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Victor Boyhan and Michael McDowell; Níl, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Joe O'Reilly.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: | Carried | 21–6 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 9–19 |
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