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ASH backs youth vaping prevention but urges government to see its benefits

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Amid developing regulation, new data from health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) finds that vapes have been the most popular aid to quitting among those who have successfully stopped smoking in the last 5 years. Its latest survey found that overall 5.6 million…

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