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Sheffield warns retailers that illegal vape crackdowns are going to get tougher

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Sheffield City Council has seized nearly 12,000 illegal vapes from retailers in the last year and successfully prosecuted three businesses for selling vapes to children. The council detailed the figures this week after a raid on a city warehouse netted 27,000 illegal vapes. Prosecutions against…

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