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Mark Butler says part of the issue is that vaping was allowed to explode" so it's a case of putting the genie back in the bottle - but he says the government is determined to do it, so the tobacco industry doesn't win.

A parent told us last week that they found in their very young child's pencil case, not a 16/17-year-old but a very young child's pencil case, a vape that was deliberately designed to look like a highlighter pen. I mean, these things are insidious.

They are causing very real damage not just to the health of very young children but to behavioural issues at schools as well.

This is now the biggest behavioural issue in primary schools. I mean, this is this is an industry shamelessly marketing, not just to teenagers but to young children. When you look at these things, with pink unicorns on them and bubblegum flavors, these aren't marketed to adults.

This is an industry that is trying to create a new generation of nicotine addicts so they get around all of the hard work. Our country and other countries have done over recent decades to stamp out smoking.