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Daily Record
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Vivienne Aitken

Scottish football clubs slammed by experts for sponsorship deals with vaping firms

Football clubs have been criticised by medical experts for striking sponsorship deals with vaping firms. Doctors from the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow hit out at tie-ins between top flight teams and e-cigarette companies.

Rangers, Celtic, Hibs and Livingston previously signed contracts, which are no longer in place, with VPZ, which also saw the Edinburgh-based firm get permission to sell licensed products bearing the clubs’ badges.

However, authors of a report say exposing youngsters to this kind of sponsorship reverses the good work done to reduce nicotine use.

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