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The Government is to ban advertising vapes behind shop counters, mandate plain packaging and outlaw single-use vapes. Health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill is to bring in new legislation as part of a clampdown on the industry. The proposals, in the form of two separate laws, will be used to ban the sale of single-use vapes, to restrict the packaging of vaping products, while bans will also be placed on any device which either resembles or functions as other products, such as toys or games. The Irish Thoracic Society has launched a new guide on the risks of vaping for secondary school students. Orla Veale who is Chief Executive of the Irish Thoracic Society and Agnes Hehir, Principal of St. Joseph's Community College in Kilkee spoke with Alan Morrissey on Thursday's Morning Focus about this issue. Photo (c) Image (c) by pixelshot via Canva