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Dr Snowdon said the public could fight back by creating more grass-roots organisations similar to CAMRA, the campaign for real ale which backs pubs but is run by drinkers, not the pubs trade.
These could “mobilise drinkers, vapers and other groups of people who are threatened with greater regulation and taxation” and could work with industry to offer members discounts as an incentive to join, he said. For example, a Vapers’ Association could approach e-cigarette manufacturers and retailers, requesting that they give their members a discount.
Dr Snowdon warned: “Millions of people are disadvantaged, to a greater or lesser extent, by policies which make their lifestyle choices more expensive, less attractive and less convenient.”
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