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Independent retail body addresses ‘deeply flawed’ smoke-free gen consultation in letter to PM

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Independent retail body Federation of Independent Retailers (the Fed) has written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to protest about their views being omitted from the government’s policy response to its consultation over creating a smoke-free generation. Similar letters have been sent from the The Fed…

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