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Health Select Committee Blows Up Over Nicotine Pouches, But Ayesha Verrall’s Hypocrisy Steals the Show

Costello is trying to balance harm reduction with protections for kids, but Verrall and her Otago mates are too busy protecting Big Tobacco’s pet projects. New Zealand deserves better than this compromised claptrap.

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