Tobacco (Health Promotion and Protection) (Amendment) Bill, 1999

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The Bill would ban selling tobacco to anyone under 18, including through vending machines or to someone buying on a young person’s behalf. Retailers would have to display warnings about addiction, health risks and age checks; repeat offences could bring higher fines, imprisonment or community service, with Gardaí and health-board officers able to prosecute.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the prohibition on the sale of tobacco products to persons under the age of eighteen years; to provide for the amendment of the Tobacco (Health Promotion and Protection) Act, 1988, and to provide for other connected matters

Last updated 12 April 2018