East Galway has a modest youth population - yet there seems to be vape shops in every town and village, and we have to ask how and why.
That was the opinion expressed by local TD Pete Roche in the Dáil this week, as new legislation on vaping was discussed.
It's the Single Use Vapes Bill - which will ban the sale of disposables, as well as colourful packaging and certain flavours.
Fine Gael Deputy Roche said these types of vapes have taken us backwards in so many ways.