HEALTHY MOVE –
July 14, 2026 – “By banning single-use vapes, we are helping to prevent nicotine addiction before it starts and creating a cleaner environment for everyone,” said Health Minister MacNeil, echoing talking points that have driven disposable vape bans in countries such as the UK. The new ban is only part of Ireland’s wider crackdown on nicotine vapes. In 2025, for instance, the country imposed the European Union’s highest tax rate on e-liquids.
Meanwhile, the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026, introduced earlier in the year, seeks to further restrict safer nicotine products that have helped millions quit smoking. Ireland’s smoking rate of about 18 percent remains vastly higher than the government’s target of below 5 percent—which it was supposed to reach by 2025.
