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Evening Standard
Health
Ella Pickover

Give children stickers instead of sweets on Halloween – doctors

Young trick or treaters should be given stickers instead of sweets, top doctors have said (Andy Butterton/PA) - (PA Archive)

Children should be given stickers instead of sweets at Halloween to save their teeth, leading dental surgeons have said.

The Royal College of Surgeons of England has offered tips to help children avoid tooth decay as children prepare to collect a bounty of sweets while trick or treating.

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