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York the latest city to report a big vape and tobacco seizure

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Nearly £50,00-worth of non-compliant vapes and illicit tobacco was seized in York last week, says the city council. The illegal products were found in a business in the York suburb of Clifton and included 177 non-compliant vapes, 2,250 illicit cigarettes and nearly 1,500g of counterfeit…

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