The tobacco and vaping industries are lobbying Irish politicians at a “chillingly” high rate, the first analysis of nearly a decade of such lobbying has found. It also found health groups had 2.9 times fewer submissions on Ireland's lobbying register than tobacco and vaping industries, consulting firms, and retailers. Vape Business Ireland (now called Responsible Vaping Ireland) made 61, the Irish Heart Foundation 59 and P.J. A spokesman for Responsible Vaping Ireland said on Wednesday it supported the ban on vape sales to under-18s. The paper Registered tobacco and vaping lobbying activity in Ireland, 2016–2024 is in BMJ Journals Tobacco Control.

Source: Irish Examiner March 25, 2026 19:00 UTC