{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/6a0590819ea03fc75f4bb3ab?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Flavoured Vapes Ban 'Most Likely Measure to Make Them Less Attractive to Young People' - 14/05/2026","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/1778746743526-0f82881e-b364-4409-8fe7-257e556c0ff8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Banning flavoured vapes is the measure “most likely” to make them less attractive to young people, minister of state Jennifer Murnane O'Connor has told the Oireachtas health committee.</p><p><br></p><p>New laws will see a ban on flavoured vapes and limits on the colours used in packaging among a raft of measures to try to curb the sharp rise in consumption among younger people.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Tobacco-flavour or ‘unflavoured’ will be the only types allowed, under the government-supported measures.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Under the new laws, the sale of nicotine pouches and other products will be banned to under-18s.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Eoin O’Boyle, owner of OB Vapes in Drogheda, to get his thoughts on this.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}