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Ireland set to ban disposable vapes for all ages in move to 'protect children'
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Tanaiste Micheal Martin has taken a personal interest in the campaign to ban vapes 20 years after he successfully became the first health minister in the world to ban smoking in pubs and other indoor spaces.
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Kids as young as 10 now vaping regularly as vape-related hospitalisations rise
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Teachers and doctors alike have warned the Irish Mirror that the use among kids is rampant with the current legal loophole meaning any child of any age can purchase vapes
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Minister seeking tax on disposable vapes as part of budget
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Green Party Minister Ossian Smyth told the Irish Mirror that he is seeking for a tax to be put on disposable vapes to make them less available to children.
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Two e-cigarette products urgently recalled by HSE due to 'serious health risk'
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The two fruit-flavoured products contain too much nicotine
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Stark warning that children bring vapes that look like highlighters to school in their pencil case
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Minister Ossian Smyth said: 'I don't think it's a coincidence, they look like a highlighter pen. A lot of children in school would have them in their pencil case'
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Ireland to crackdown on vapes as Stephen Donnelly calls for restrictions on design and flavours
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Cabinet approved a bill from Health Minister Stephen Donnelly that will prohibit the sale of nicotine-inhaling products to anyone under 18 years.
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Irish Government planning to ban vapes being sold to teens within months
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Health Minister Stephen Donnelly will bring a memo to Cabinet on Tuesday morning asking ministers to sign off on legislation that would see the sale of vapes or e-cigarettes to teenagers banned.
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Warning over Irish teens vaping cannabis oil as more kids turning to high strength drugs
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Marie Byrne of MB Now International has urged parents not to give their children an 'out' to take drugs and to use drug testing kits on their children if they suspect they are using substances.
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'I'll need oxygen at 30 because deadly vaping habit gave me popcorn lung'
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Abby, a 20-year-old, may need an oxygen machine by 30, due to excessive vaping, doctors said
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HSE 'looking into' reports of Elf Bars with illegal nicotine content as UK supermarkets issue ban
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There has not yet been confirmation that Elf Bars with an unsafe level of nicotine are currently stocked in Irish supermarkets. However Vape Business Ireland said they were 'gravely concerned' about reports.
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Warning to vapers as scientists raise alarm over potential 'new wave' of cancer
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'We don’t know for certain that vaping won’t cause lung cancer 10 years from now'
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Claim that children as young as eight vaping as 'alarming' research published
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Most of those people are unaware of what they are inhaling
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Young woman quits e-cigarettes after collapsed lung as Irish experts sound vaping alarm
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Medical experts have warned about the health problems related to vapes and e-cigarettes
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HSE issues urgent vape warning and urges public to contact GP if feeling unwell
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According to the health executive, the range of disposable electronic cigarettes are non-compliant with EU tobacco legislation and contain more than the permitted amount of nicotine, 20mg/ml or 2%.
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'I don't want to have sex with vape addict wife who's put on weight and makes no effort'
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Agony aunt Coleen Nolan advises a reader who fears for his marriage after his wife stopped caring about what she looks like
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Under-21s should not be allowed to buy e-cigarettes, vapes or other tobacco products, says Royal College of Physicians in Ireland
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Prof Des Cox also called for a ban on different flavours being offered by vaping products
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Bill to ban vaping for under-18s contested in Leinster House
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Vaping companies say they help the addicted give up cigarettes, while health research indicates it's a gateway drug to smoking
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Irish scientists find new health threat from some illegal vaping products
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It follows revelations in the US last year of an increasing number of lung injuries linked to vaping
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E-cigarettes can damage teens' brains and harm foetuses, World Health Organisation warns
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Vaping has been touted by producers as a better alternative to cigarette smoking, with the promise they can help people kick the habit
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Minister for Health Simon Harris to ban sale of e-cigarettes to under 18s
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Harris' move comes as new information from the Department of Health reveals that there has been more than a tripling of the number of new vaping products on the market in just a year
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Anne Diamond: Vaping is a dangerous trend creating a new generation of nicotine addicts
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We need to demand more evidence and real facts concerning the effects of e-cigarettes on our health as news of ill health caused by vaping becomes increasingly common
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