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Editor’s comment Illicit vapes: new threat

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Damage to the reputation of local convenience stores has often come from the perception that they are – either wilfully or irresponsibly – busy peddling alcohol and cigarettes to under-age teenagers who then spill out on to the streets fuelling crime and anti-social behaviour. In recent years, however, that narrative has started to recede, thanks …

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