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Ayan Omar and Jordan Page

Spice vapes: What are they and how have they affected children?

The British Medical Association has urged the government to ban flavoured and disposable vapes to prevent children from developing nicotine addictions. 

Research has found that the number of 11-17-year-olds vaping today is nearly six times more than ten years ago, with brightly coloured packaging and the wide spectrum of sweet shop flavours available – including sherbert, candy cane and bubblegum – being blamed. 

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