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03/04/2014
Committee Releases Tobacco Packaging Report
Information messages detailing the ingredients and emissions of tobacco products should be required on at least one side of tobacco packaging, according to a new report by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children.
The report has also recommended that brand names appearing on individual cigarette sticks should also be prohibited in any new legislation on tobacco plain packaging.
The recommendations are among 26 published in a report on the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013 which was presented to the Minister for Health James Reilly today.
The report recommends standardisation of the size of tobacco packaging, the inner packaging of tobacco products to be the same colour as the outside surface, a separate and distinct definition for brand, company and business name and a maximum length/number of characters in brand and variant names.
It also recommended banning smoking in cars where children are present, prohibiting the sale of tobacco products from mobile units/containers (at fairs and markets) and making nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs) more widely available.
Committee Chairman, Jerry Buttimer, said: "The control and regulation of tobacco products and tobacco use is a key public health policy objective in Ireland. Following the implementation of many successful legislative and policy initiatives, Ireland is regarded internationally as one of the leaders in this area."
(IT/MH)
The report has also recommended that brand names appearing on individual cigarette sticks should also be prohibited in any new legislation on tobacco plain packaging.
The recommendations are among 26 published in a report on the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013 which was presented to the Minister for Health James Reilly today.
The report recommends standardisation of the size of tobacco packaging, the inner packaging of tobacco products to be the same colour as the outside surface, a separate and distinct definition for brand, company and business name and a maximum length/number of characters in brand and variant names.
It also recommended banning smoking in cars where children are present, prohibiting the sale of tobacco products from mobile units/containers (at fairs and markets) and making nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs) more widely available.
Committee Chairman, Jerry Buttimer, said: "The control and regulation of tobacco products and tobacco use is a key public health policy objective in Ireland. Following the implementation of many successful legislative and policy initiatives, Ireland is regarded internationally as one of the leaders in this area."
(IT/MH)
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