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The Independent UK
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Jane Kirby

MPs to vote on smoking ban and vape sales ‘deliberately targeted at children’

MPs will vote on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on Tuesday (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

MPs are to vote on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which will give children and young people the protection they need to “avoid a life imprisoned by addiction”, the Health Secretary has said.

Wes Streeting said the number of children vaping is “growing at an alarming rate” and it is “unacceptable” that vapes are being deliberately targeted at children with flavours like “gummy bear and rainbow burst”.

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