Sinn Féin will not support plan to raise smoking age to 21

The Public Health (Tobacco) Amendment Bill 2024 would increase the minimum age of purchase of tobacco products to 21 from February 1, 2028. Picture: Sasko Lazarov 

Sinn Féin will not be backing the Government’s bill to raise the smoking age to 21, the Dáil heard yesterday.

The proposed bill was called unreasonable and unenforceable by the party’s spokesperson for health, David Cullinane.