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Adults vaping statistics
Irish young people smoke less and vape more than EU average – report
The Health at a Glance report found that among 15-year-olds, Ireland has the lowest rate of smoking, at 7%, and among the lowest rates of cannabis smoking, at 4%, in the EU

Thu, 26 Dec, 2024

Budget 2024
Ireland wants vaping included in new EU tobacco tax law
Finance ministers from 16 European countries say in the absence of EU regulations on vaping, each country now applies different rules and levels of excise tax, distorting the bloc's single market

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

vape, multicolored electronic cigarettes for smoking with different flavors on a white background
Vape product sales help PJ Carroll & Co increase profits to €6.18m
Tobacco seller's pre-tax profits rose by 23% in 2023

Thu, 28 Nov, 2024

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Vapes with cannabinoids causing psychosis in users as young as 13
Psychiatric illnesses suffered by young people who use this drug may be long-term and irreversible, according to Prof Bobby Smyth

Mon, 25 Nov, 2024

Harris: Vaping is the 'revenge of the tobacco industry'
Harris: Vaping is the 'revenge of the tobacco industry'
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is seeking approval of draft laws that would ban the sale, manufacture and import of single-use vapes in Ireland

Tue, 10 Sep, 2024

Bill to increase number of Seanad election voters on Cabinet's agenda
Bill to increase number of Seanad election voters on Cabinet's agenda
The changes arise from a Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality on how university members are elected to the Seanad Éireann

Tue, 10 Sep, 2024

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€3k worth of suspected cannabis vapes seized after person falls ill in Donegal
The searches followed on from Garda enquiries into reports of a medical incident, in which a member of the public had fallen ill.

Wed, 28 Aug, 2024

Close up of smoking a vape.
Tax on vapes and e-cigarettes to be introduced in October's budget
Finance Minister also hinted inheritance tax threshold would be changed and a 'very substantial package of support for pensioners' would be introduced

Thu, 01 Aug, 2024

Sinn Féin will not support plan to raise smoking age to 21
Sinn Féin will not support plan to raise smoking age to 21
The proposed bill was called unreasonable and unenforceable by the party’s spokesperson for health, David Cullinane

Thu, 04 Jul, 2024

Group of teenage friends having relaxing outdoors
Teenagers in Ireland much more likely to vape than smoke, new study finds
Growing Up In Ireland study found while those born in 2008 were less likely to smoke cigarettes than those born in 1998, almost one in 10 13-year-olds had tried vaping

Thu, 20 Jun, 2024

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment report
Ireland breaks new record for recycling electrical and electronic waste 
WEEE report says Irish people recycled a record-breaking 41,730 tonnes of electronic and electrical waste in 2023 â€” the equivalent of 200 40-foot containers more than the previous year

Mon, 17 Jun, 2024

A third of adults do not know how to properly dispose of vapes, survey finds
A third of adults do not know how to properly dispose of vapes, survey finds
Users urged to bring used vapes to battery area of civic amenity sites rather than dispose of them in normal refuse bin, or in domestic recycling bin

Thu, 06 Jun, 2024

HSE warns over e-cigarette and refill with illegal levels of nicotine 
HSE warns over e-cigarette and refill with illegal levels of nicotine 
Lab analysis found both items contained more than the permitted 20mg/ml or 2% amount of nicotine

Wed, 05 Jun, 2024

Growing cannabis or hemp plants for alternative medicine. Close up view of agronomist's hands checking plant quality.
Irish Examiner view: It's time to stop thinking of cannabis as a 'soft' drug
The HSE's Safer Nightlife initiative is certainly welcome â€” but we need to reject the fantasy that cannabis is harmless 

Thu, 30 May, 2024

Vaping and smoking study
20% of young people in addiction services have taken legal drug sold in vapes
Prof Eamon Keenan is building a case for the Department of Health to include hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) in existing drug laws and have its sale banned

Tue, 28 May, 2024

Minimum smoking age to rise to 21 under proposed new legislation
Minimum smoking age to rise to 21 under proposed new legislation
Data shows that those aged 18 to 21 are at high risk of becoming smokers

Mon, 13 May, 2024

Children Using E-cigarettes or Vapes
Catherine Conlon: Time to tackle vaping with strong legislation
Medical research all points one way — we must pass laws to ban disposable vapes, limit flavours, and mandate plain packaging

Sun, 12 May, 2024

Vaping restrictions in Scotland
'Cocktail of chemicals' in flavoured vapes could lead to new wave of chronic diseases
Chronic diseases could emerge in the next 15 to 20 years as a result of long-term exposure to toxic chemicals found in flavoured vapes

Wed, 08 May, 2024

Vaping
Give children nicotine gum or patches to help quit vaping, say UK health officials
A report in the UK has found that children felt pressure to 'fit in and look cool', with 'vape dealers' across social groups

Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

Workplace smoking ban anniversary
Rise in smoking age and disposable vapes ban considered by Government
The health service says there are 800,000 fewer smokers in Ireland and that 'countless' lives have been saved since 2004

Thu, 28 Mar, 2024

Irish study links legal semi-synthetic cannabis to psychosis
Irish study links legal semi-synthetic cannabis to psychosis
HHC use was linked to adverse reactions in a school in Cork last November when four teenage children became ill after vaping the drug

Thu, 15 Feb, 2024

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Tánaiste in favour of ban on disposable vapes
Micheál Martin made the comments after British prime minister Rishi Sunak set out plans to get rid of disposable vapes to protect children’s health

Mon, 29 Jan, 2024

Young Scientists assess impact of Macroom bypass on town
Young Scientists assess impact of Macroom bypass on town
Two students from Maria Immaculata Community College in Dunmanway also researched the prevalence of vaping among young teenagers

Thu, 11 Jan, 2024

Close Up Of Teenagers With Mobile Phone Vaping and Drinking Alcohol In Park
Parentline gets more calls from men while vaping grows into 'a huge worry'
Asking for help in dealing with issues around anxiety in children amounted to 10% of calls, and 8% were because of school refusal

Thu, 11 Jan, 2024

Fines of up to €4,000 as ban on selling vapes to under-18s comes in today
Fines of up to €4,000 as ban on selling vapes to under-18s comes in today
The offence carries a fine of up to €4,000 and up to six months in prison

Fri, 22 Dec, 2023

Ban on sale of vapes and e-cigarettes to children to come into effect from Friday
Ban on sale of vapes and e-cigarettes to children to come into effect from Friday
The new bill also contains a number of wide-ranging measures aimed at tackling the issue of smoking and vaping among adults

Thu, 21 Dec, 2023

Vape teenager. Young pretty white girl in casual clothing smoking an electronic cigarette opposite modern background on the stre
'Challenging' to introduce tax on vapes, says Michael McGrath 
Government intends to apply the levy on e-cigarettes as part of a public health response 

Mon, 04 Dec, 2023

A young woman smokes electronic cigarettes
Government accused of 'losing its way' on tobacco control as fall in number of smokers stalls
HSE says e-cigarettes not recommended as way to quit smoking as new figures show vaping among young people has surged

Thu, 23 Nov, 2023

E-cigarette science
Number of people saying they’re in good or very good health on the decline 
Almost one in five young people aged 15 to 24 regularly use e-cigarettes while almost a quarter of the population say they are binge drinkers

Wed, 22 Nov, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Swift action needed to regulate the sale of vapes 
Irish Examiner view: Swift action needed to regulate the sale of vapes 
News that children in a Cork school fell ill last week after vaping gave many readers pause

Wed, 15 Nov, 2023

The face of vaping young woman at black studio
S Burning issue: Vaping can help adults quit smoking – but is it a gateway to cigarettes for kids?
Vaping can help adults to quit smoking but health experts say it's best to follow clinically tested approaches if you want to stub out the habit safely. There is also concern about the sharp rise in vaping among young people, which can be a gateway to traditional cigarettes.

Tue, 14 Nov, 2023

E-cigarette age restriction enforcement
Gardaí call in forensic experts as students fall ill after smoking vapes on Cork school premises
The alarm was raised after teachers were alerted to a 'medical incident' and ambulance crews and gardaí attended the scene, with four teenagers taken ill

Sat, 11 Nov, 2023

Official opening of the new Garda Control Centre for Dublin Metropolitan Region
Research into impact of vaping among 43 projects to receive €24m investment
A total of €550,000 is being awarded to a Royal College of Surgeons project to examine the impact of vaping, particularly on young people

Fri, 03 Nov, 2023

RTE pay revelations
Secret service, RTÉ and vapes: Five surprises from Budget 2024
Tadgh McNally looks at five surprising elements from Tuesday's budget announcement 

Tue, 10 Oct, 2023

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Vape alert: HSE issues two safety alerts after e-cigarettes found with illegal amounts of nicotine
The vapes — one of the R&M Tornado 9000 range, and a WGA Crystal Pro Max product — should be returned to the retailers who sold them

Fri, 06 Oct, 2023

Vape teenager. Young pretty white girl in white cardigan smoking an electronic cigarette opposite destroyed brick wall on the st
Paediatricians call for ban on disposable vapes
The Faculty of Paediatrics at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland also called for the legal age to buy tobacco products and vapes to be raised to 21 years

Mon, 02 Oct, 2023

Vapes ban
Vapes sold on Amazon as 'nicotine free' found to contain the substance
Amazon has now removed the products pending an investigation and said it would take enforcement action against any third-party sellers who violated their policies

Sat, 23 Sep, 2023

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Irish Examiner view: Yet another former star faces allegations of predatory behaviour
Russell Brand has dismissed accusations aired in Channel 4's Dispatches, assertions that will be held up to scrutiny in the weeks and months ahead

Mon, 18 Sep, 2023

Electric Picnic Festival
Festival-goers at sunny Electric Picnic have less than a year to wait for the 2024 event
After enjoying scorching sets in summer sunshine, revellers are asking who the headliner will be at next year's earlier festival

Sun, 03 Sep, 2023

Majority of Irish beaches dirty as vapes become the new scourge
Majority of Irish beaches dirty as vapes become the new scourge
Coffee cups found at almost half of sites surveyed by Irish Business Against Litter, with disposable vapes at one in seven locations

Mon, 28 Aug, 2023

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Vaping firm Juul plans to lay off 30% of staff in bid to cut costs
The company plans to lay off about 250 people in its latest round of cuts, reducing its workforce to around 650

Wed, 23 Aug, 2023

Vapes ban
HSE issues vape warnings due to illegal amounts of nicotine
Retailers have been instructed to stop selling two McKesse disposable vaping products 

Fri, 14 Jul, 2023

Vape teenager. Young pretty white girl in white cardigan smoking an electronic cigarette opposite destroyed brick wall on the st
Time has come to stop dragging out Ireland's position on vaping
First conceived as an aid to quitting smoking, vapes now get more teens hooked, says Health Correspondent Niamh Griffin

Sun, 02 Jul, 2023

HSE issues safety alert about two e-cigarette products
HSE issues safety alert about two e-cigarette products
The Fantasi Ice Orange and Remix Blackcurrant & Lemon vapes were found to have a nicotine concentration up to 25.3mg/ml

Mon, 26 Jun, 2023

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