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Viewpoint Making vaping less appealing to under 18s

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Dan Marchant, director at the UK’s largest vaping retailer, Vape Club, comments on vape products and packaging. I agree wholeheartedly that people under the age of 18 should not have access to vape products, but the problem is not really the products, the problem is the rogue traders who sell them to children. What we …

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