
Tower Hamlets shop fined after underage nicotine vape sale
Tower Hamlets Council says a Whitehorse Lane business and seller were fined after a 17-year-old volunteer bought a nicotine vape during a test purchase.
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Tower Hamlets Council says a Whitehorse Lane business and seller were fined after a 17-year-old volunteer bought a nicotine vape during a test purchase.

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