Smokers could be given free e-cigarettes at food banks

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Free e-cigarettes could be handed out at food banks under new plans being trialled in one area of the country.

Jim McManus, the director of public health at Hertfordshire County Council, said he hopes it will be up and running by the end of the year. The free starter kit will be made available to smokers accessing the support of a food bank in Herfordshire

 

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