175. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health in view of the differentiation within the EU tobacco products directive between cigars and cigarettes, the fact that the cigar smoking rate is 0.9%, the proposals of the UK Department of Health to exclude specialist tobacco products from its packaging legislation, his views on exempting cigar packaging from the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39025/14]

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175. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health in view of the differentiation within the EU tobacco products directive between cigars and cigarettes, the fact that the cigar smoking rate is 0.9%, the proposals of the UK Department of Health to exclude specialist tobacco products from its packaging legislation, his views on exempting cigar packaging from the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39025/14]

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