Last updated: June 13, 2025
Key Terms
Tobacco Product
"Tobacco product" means a product (other than a medicinal product (within the meaning of the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995))—
(a) that can be consumed and consists, even partly, of tobacco, whether genetically modified or not and includes a cigarette paper, tube or filter manufactured for use in the smoking of tobacco, and
(b) that is intended for sale by retail in the State.
The Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 contains a definition of “tobacco product” and replaces the definition of “tobacco product” contained in the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002. The definition provided in these laws aligns with the definition of “tobacco product” provided in FCTC Art. 1(f).
Any product entirely or partly made of the leaf tobacco as a raw material which is manufactured to be used for smoking, sucking, chewing, or snuffing. (FCTC Art. 1(f))
Outside Packaging and Labeling
“Retail packaging”, in relation to a tobacco product, means the outside packaging of the tobacco product, any lining contained therein and any wrapper that covers such outside packaging.
The definition of "retail packaging" contained in the Standardised Packaging Act aligns with the definition of “outside packaging and labeling” provided in FCTC Art. 11(4) in that is encompasses all packaging used for retail sale.
Any packaging and labeling used in the retail sale of the product. (FCTC Art. 11(4))
