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Campaign launched to tackle illegal tobacco trade

An organisation funded by all 14 Primary Care Trusts in the South West to reduce smoking rates in the region has revealed that 1 in 20 (5.2%) of smokers in Devon now smoke illegal tobacco, a trade with a retail value equivalent of £211m in the South West alone.

Smokefree South West has launched a multi-partnership initiative alongside HMRC, Trading Standards, the Police, Crimestoppers...