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  "textContent": "The UK will ban everyone who is now under 16 years of age from ever buying tobacco.\n\nI am against the use of tobacco, because tobacco is deadly. But I think it is wrong to prohibit drugs, even if they are dangerous. Regulating and discouraging drugs of abuse makes sense, but prohibiting them outright goes too far.",
  "title": "UK will ban 16 and under from buying tobacco"
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