Higher age limit for buying tobacco products 'can cut extraordinary harm' of smoking

The Public Health (Tobacco) Amendment Bill 2024, also known as the Tobacco 21 Bill, could reduce the number of young people and children who start smoking, the IPH said.

A new law limiting the sale of tobacco products to those over 21 can significantly contribute to reducing the “extraordinary harm” smoking does in Ireland.

The change will bring a tobacco-free Ireland closer and could also benefit babies by reducing smoking among young mothers, the Institute of Public Health said on Tuesday.