Govt urged to speed up ban on flavoured tobacco
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The Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) on Wednesday called on the government to speed up a ban on flavoured tobacco products, saying they make it harder for smokers to quit. From January to May last year, COSH and the University of Hong Kong polled 5,600 people, of whom 2,600 were (…)
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