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Major UK vaping retailer welcomes illegal youth sales crackdown

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Leading UK vaping retailer VPZ has welcomed the UK government’s plans to crackdown on illegal vaping sales to young people, but warns it needs to go further. The plans will include local enforcement squads made up of trading standards officers to carry-out test purchases and clamp down on shops selling vapes to under-18s. Despite the …

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