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Stoke increases its pressure on illegal sales of vapes and tobacco

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Stoke-on-Trent City Council is stepping up its crackdown on underage and illegal vape sales after seizing more than £21,000 of illegal cigarettes, tobacco, and vapes from a Tunstall shop. The seizure from TKT Express on High Street, Tunstall, follows the sale of an illegal vape…

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