内容摘要："It would have meant that [we] could have got in trouble for it."

"It would have meant that [we] could have got in trouble for it."

It uses sculptures to represent common symptoms with names like 'Feverish Flora' and 'Weight Loss Wendy'.Its drawing attention to blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs).

According to Blood Cancer UK, there are around 4,180 cases of MPN in the UK each year.The exhibition will be on display outside the oncology clinic GenesisCare at Aztec West from 4 May until mid-June.Christine Hamilton, 63, from Bristol, has MPN and is a patient there. She said she was "thrilled" that it was coming to her hometown.

"Living with MPN is a lifelong challenge," she said."Knowledge is power and I really hope the art installation encourages people to take notice of any symptoms or bodily changes, no matter how small and to get it checked out early."

MPNs are a type of blood cancer where your body produces too many of a particular type of blood cell.

The three main types are myelofibrosis (MF), essential thrombocythaemia (ET) and polycythaemia (PV).Overton said the council was working with West Mercia Police on an intelligence-led basis to identify those selling the products.

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Liam Mooney, principal trading standards officer for Coventry, said the trade in vapes was linked to many issues, but he had found many vape shops were run by organised crime gangs – and shops selling illegal goods were "far less scrupulous in terms of selling to those under 18".He would like to have greater powers to be able to shut down shops selling vapes altogether.