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US unveils partial ban on flavoured e-cigarettes

The 2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey shows that more than five million US middle and high school students are e-cigarette users, with nearly one million using daily. [AFP]

The US government announced Thursday it was banning most flavoured e-cigarettes in a bid to curb the rising tide of youth vaping, but under industry pressure, it stopped short of the full ban promised in September by the White House.

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