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Vape expectations | Editor’s comment

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In 1968, the US state of Vermont outlawed roadside billboards in a bid to protect the state’s countryside vistas. All well and good, you might think. But the new law instead led to the appearance of large, bizarre “sculptures” alongside a number of businesses. One…

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