Public Consultation on Sale of Tobacco Products and Non-Medicinal Nicotine Delivery Systems

This document has been prepared in response to the Department of Health public consultation, launched on 2nd December 2014 on legislation for the sale of tobacco products and non-medicinal nicotine delivery system (NMNDS), including e-cigarettes.

This paper represents the views of the Policy Group on Tobacco of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. It responds to the measures put forth in the consultation paper1 published by the Department of Health in December 2014 and references recommendations made by the Policy Group in its Policy Statement on Tobacco, published in March 2014.