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World Health Organisation plans ‘global assault on vaping’ says NNA

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New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) has called on its supporters, consumers of reduced risk nicotine products, and “others who understand the benefits of harm reduction” to act on “significant threats” planned by the World Health Organisation (WHO) later this year. The World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Tenth Conference of the Parties (COP10) …

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