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Will Durrant

MP quit smoking after voting to ban cigarette sales to young people

MPs debated the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on Wednesday (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

A Labour MP quit smoking on the day she backed plans to ban cigarette sales to people who are now aged 16 or younger, she has said.

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter said vapes helped her to put down conventional cigarettes last year, as she warned that “colossal puff” products had entered the market ahead of new regulations.

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