The Bill was introduced into the National Assembly on 7 November 2016.
“If passed, the Bill will:
- restrict smoking in school grounds, hospital grounds and public playgrounds;
- create a national register of retailers of tobacco and nicotine products;
- prohibit handing over tobacco and/or nicotine products to a person under the age of 18;
- create a licensing scheme for special procedures: acupuncture, body piercing, electrolysis and tattooing;
- prohibit intimate piercing of under 16s; …………………………………………………………..