Smoking

The sun rising behind a redundant oil platform. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Our politicians are addicted to fossil fuels - YP Letters
From: Robert Johnson, Melton Road, Barrow upon Soar.

Sheffield gran Jill Foulkes has quit smoking after 60 years to focus on fitness and fun times wit her great grandchildren

Ad Feature Smokefree Starts helps Jill Foulkes quit habit after almost 60 years

Light bulb moment or Richard Kemp - Smokefree Starts helped to quit 50 years smoking habit before heart op.

Ad Feature Smokefree Starts helps Richard Kemp quit 50-year habit before heart op

Quitting both smoking and alcohol could save you £3,500–£4,000 a year (Photos: Pexels/Getty Images)

Cutting out smoking and alcohol this Stoptober could save you £1,000s

The disposable vape ban could drive thousands back to smoking.

Disposable vape ban 'could drive thousands back to smoking'

File photo of a man smoking a cigarette. Picture posed by model. Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Polling ends 'nanny state myth' around public health laws, report says

The Ninja Woodfire brings convenience to grilling

Ninja Woodfire BBQ: why this electric grill is my guilty pleasure

The MEATER SE wireless meat probe

Meater SE review: budget smart BBQ thermometer that really works

Yorkshire Cancer Research has committed to funding £2.7 million of stop smoking services in the region and has helped 4,400 people successfully quit smoking.

Yorkshire Cancer Research warns more must be done to tackle smoking

The Gorilla ornament was taken from Darlington Indoor Market.

Bungling thieves snatch life-size gorilla statue in bizarre burglary

The Gorilla ornament was taken from Darlington Indoor Market.

CCTV captures bizarre gorilla theft as cops troll crooks with video

(Photo: Pexels)

National No Smoking Day: how quitting can save you thousands

At least 8 hours as a lack of sleep correlates with looking older.

Ripon named anti-ageing capital of England

71 per cent have sneakily inhaled nicotine where they shouldn’t have

Top 20 places smokers and vapers have had an illicit puff

Fed up residents say they have had enough as a local Airbnb is constantly being used to host drug-fuelled parties into the early hours.

Watch: 'Drug-fuelled' teens at Booking.com let climbed into my garden

A dental expert gives their tips on maintaining a healthy mouth

Harley Street dentist reveals 12 rules in his own cleaning regime

The areas in the UK with the highest percentage of smokers have been revealed.

Stopping smoking: The smoking hotspots around the UK

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Expert breaks down the effects of quitting smoking into hours, weeks, and months

Man smokes a cigarette outside pub.

Watch: Would an outdoor smoking ban kill the ‘Great British pub’?

John Pybus the landlord of the Blue Bell, York's smallest pub and one of England's.

Boss of York’s oldest pub says outdoor smoking ban is ‘authoritarian'

The government is reportedly considering an outdoor smoking ban. (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Smoking ban explained: Where could it be banned and will vaping count?
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Sarah McCann

A woman smoking in central London. PIC: Sean Dempsey/PA Wire

A ban on outdoor smoking would be hard to police

These are the five things you should never do on a plane. (Photo: Jeffry Surianto/Pexels)

The 5 things you should avoid doing on a plane

Holidaymakers could face huge fines for taking vapes to certain destinations. (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

The countries that ban vaping and could see holidaymakers fined

These are the illegal vapes hot spots across the UK. (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images, Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Map unveils the UK hot spots for illegal vapes - full list

Smoking and vaping rules holidaymakers need to be aware of in popular hotspots including Turkey, Spain, France and Greece to avoid hefty fines. (Photo: Getty Images)

Strict rules to be aware of in holiday hotspots to avoid hefty fines

Smokers have been banned from using a village hall ashtray bin after it was taken over - by a family of nesting blue tits.

Watch: 'No Smoking' as family of blue tits nest in ashtray

Rishi Sunak walks with Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer through the Central Lobby at the Palace of Westminster ahead of the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords.

Labour focus on school absences in King's Speech response

Urgent action is needed to stop the 'explosion' of children vaping in North Yorkshire, councillors have said

Urgent action needed to stop 'explosion' of children vaping in North Yorkshire

A man was evicted from Ryanair aircraft after he was caught smoking in the cabin toilet (Paul Thomas/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Man removed from plane after caught smoking in cabin toilet

Vaping

Australia to ban recreational vaping amid ‘epidemic’

The UK government want to make the nation smoke free by 2030

UK government to offer one million smokers vape starter kits
The announcement is set to be made today and will be described as ‘the first of its kind in the world’
Patrick Hollis

Health campaigners are calling for an excise tax on disposable vapes to stop children from being able to buy them for less than £5. Picture: Nicholas.T.Ansell/PA Wire

Health campaigners call for excise tax on disposable vapes to deter children

“If nobody brought in cakes into the office, I would not eat cakes in the day, but because people do bring cakes in, I eat them,” said Professor Susan Jebb regarding the banning of cakes in the workplace

Ban birthday cakes in the workplace, FSA chairwoman suggests

Here are signs of pancreatic cancer you can look out for

Specialist Pancreatic cancer nurse shares 14 symptoms to look out for

There are fewer smokers in West Northamptonshire compared to 2020.

Targets to make England ‘smoke-free’ by 2030 set to be missed

Some businesses may be forced to shut down for the winter

Dry January 2023: Celebrating 10 years of sobriety

Will you be making New Year's Resolutions for 2023?

Ten most common New Year’s resolutions and how to succeed at them

How a pellet BBQ takes the hassle out of barbecues; and the best buys

New ways are needed to treat cancer in the wake of the Covid pandemic, writes Dr Kathryn Scott.

How Yorkshire Cancer Research wants to speed up treatment after pandemic – Dr Ka...

Indian Muslims celebrate Eid al Fitr at the end of the month of Ramadan in 2018, after the sighting of the new crescent moon. (Picture: CHANDAN KHANNA/Getty Images)

This is when Ramadan will begin in 2021 - and the history of the fasting period

The ban will be a UK first (Photo: Shutterstock)

Wales is set to become the first country in the UK to ban smoking in playgrounds

There is mounting evidence that smoking leaves people them more vulnerable to Covid-19.. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

'Surge in motivation' sees 300,000 smokers kick the habit

A festival of Alan Ayckbourn films at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre includes Private Fears in Public Places

Rarely seen films in Alan Ayckbourn festival in Scarborough

MPs want to raise the legal smoking age to 21.

MPs want to raise the smoking age and make it more expensive

Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin wants the law changed to ban smoking on all hospital grounds.

Smoking must be banned in all hospital grounds as Tracy Brabin MP bids to change...

Food banks have an important role to play in supporting the vulnerable.

YP Letters: Working at a food bank is an eye-opener

Brendan Ingle, Boxing Promoter

Death of trainer who forged steel city fighters

Max the chimp is pictured smoking in the British Pathe clip, filmed in Sheffield in the 1950s. (Photo: British Pathe).

WATCH: Rare shocking footage of CHIMP smoking, drinking and unloading crates at ...

The Â£153.1m social care cost of smoking in Yorkshire and Humber

Janice Richardson.

Drive to protect healthy hearts

Smoking heavily ‘could cause more fat around stomach’

Fast-track cancer testing urged

600,000 cancers ‘avoided by healthier livestyles’

Laura Greenwood

On The Spot With Laura Greenwood

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Campaign says smokers who quit could add years to their life

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Smoking may be to blame for fatal van fire

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Man, 41, found dead after taking legal high

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Seasiders ‘more likely to smoke when expecting’

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High blood pressure, alcohol and smoking ‘are deadliest global health risks’

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