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Radio Merseyside,2 mins

'Tobacco ban' could have saved my Mum

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Sally Griffiths from Wirral lost her mother to lung cancer after decades of smoking. Her mum Sybil smoked for more than 50 years after having her first cigarette at just 14 years old, smoking 20 a day for most of her life. Now the Tobacco and Vapes Act has become law, Sally, who campaigns with Cancer Research UK, is highlighting the life-saving difference it could make if fully implemented.

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