More than 100 retailers in Ireland have been caught selling nicotine vapes to children under 18 since it was made illegal in December 2023, new figures show.
Ireland has lost focus on tackling smoking while intensifying efforts to restrict vaping, a leading addiction specialist has said.
Dr Garett McGovern, a GP and Medical Director at the Priority Medical Clinic in Dundrum, says the national conversation has become increasingly hostile…
Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) Micheál Martin has branded vaping as “evil” and “the revenge of Big Tobacco” as he called for “the strongest possible measures” to restrict its use.
Speaking at the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin on Monday, Martin…
Article originally appeared on The Critic, reproduced here with permission. A leaked report from the European Commission has revealed plans to tax the pants off e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches and other life-saving substitutes for cigarettes. It is in the process of reviewing its…
Vapers in the UK could be fined hundreds of pounds when new legislation comes in next week.
From Saturday June 1, it will be illegal for businesses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to sell or supply disposable vapes - even non-nicotine…
Fast-tracking a vape ban without proper legislative scrutiny could push people back to smoking and devastate small businesses, Ireland’s vape retailers’ trade association has warned.
The Public Health (Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2025 proposes sweeping restrictions on vaping. These include banning all…
The UK island of Guernsey has passed new legislation banning disposable vapes and the sale and marketing of vapes to under 18s.
The new regulations were passed unanimously, by 40 votes to zero, by the assembly last week.
Deputy Al Brouard, president…