Public Health (Regulation of Electronic Cigarettes and Protection of Children) Bill 2015
Public bill · Private Member · Introduced
The proposed measures would regulate electronic cigarettes by banning their use in workplaces, public-service vehicles and vehicles carrying anyone under 18. Retailers would have to register, keep products out of public view, display age notices and refuse sales to under-18s. Advertising, sponsorship, free samples and promotional discounts would be restricted or banned, with warnings, standard packaging and child-resistant caps for liquid nicotine also provided for. The Health Service Executive would be able to inspect products, require safety information and testing, and publish findings, helping protect children and the public from health risks.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the prohibition of the consumption of electronic cigarettes in public service vehicles and places of work, to provide for the registration of persons engaged in the business of selling electronic cigarettes by retail, to provide for the prohibition on the advertising of electronic cigarettes, a prohibition on sponsorship by manufacturers and importers of electronic cigarettes and prohibitions on certain marketing practices in relation to electronic cigarettes, to provide for the standardised packaging of electronic cigarettes, to provide for the prohibition of the sale of electronic cigarettes to those under 18 years of age, to prohibit the consumption of electronic cigarettes in vehicles where persons under 18 years of age are present, to provide for the insertion of child proof caps on liquid nicotine bottles, and to provide for matters connected therewith
Last updated 12 April 2018
- Averil Power Primary
- John Crown
- Mark Daly
- First StageSeanad
- Public Health (Regulation of Electronic Cigarettes and Protection of Children) Bill 2015: First Stage Seanad