Healthier Smoking option will bring 80 new jobs to Waterford

A company formed by ex-smokers to make e-smoking products has announced 80 new jobs and says it could be employing up to 1,000 people within a year.

The new jobs were confirmed yesterday in Waterford by Healthier Smoker Ltd, at an expansion of its manufacturing operation in Waterford city, which will also include a visitor centre.

The company says 40 of the new jobs will be in its 150 retail outlets and store concessions throughout the country, while another 40 are in its 24,000 square foot production facility at Six Cross Roads on the edge of Waterford.