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EastEnders star Lacey Turner claims Wendy Richard’s ghost slapped her backside on set

Wendy Richard played Pauline Fowler on the BBC show and died in 2009 from breast cancer

The Independent UK · Oct 20

Smokers warned to dispose of cigarettes safely after three fires in south London

Fires in Beckenham, Croydon and Westbourne Park were found to have been caused by cigarettes

Evening Standard · Oct 20

France's traditional smoked sausage under threat – but is Brussels really to blame?

Political parties across Brittany are up in arms over the French government's failure to defend andouille de Guémené, a traditional sausage suspected of posing a cancer risk.

Euronews · Oct 20

At a pandal near you: Who's dressed for whom? Who's being watched?

Durga Pujo is one giant fashion show - and tell - when saris and panjabis flaunt and compete to get their due on cam phones, and pandals become location shoots with the goddess tactically in the background

The Economic Times · Oct 17

Dhunuchi Naach in a Saree: The Drape, Pleats and Pins That Let You Move

The earthen pot is already smoking, the dhak is already loud, and the one thing you cannot afford is a saree that unravels on the third spin. The Drape That Holds Under Heat and MovementThe Bengali style drape, atpoure, is the default for Durga Puja, but it is not automatically…

Times Life · Oct 17

Couple's tax fix plea as tobacco fire guts cafe dream

A couple whose cafe became collateral damage when a neighbouring smoke shop was targeted by fire is pleading for a fix to a city under siege by arson attacks.

AAP · Oct 16

Germany approves cigarettes and alcohol tax hike in bid to raise millions

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The Independent UK · Oct 16

Germany set to hike tobacco tax: Cigarette packs could reach close to €12 by 2030

With the planned tax increase, the German government is aiming to raise an additional €12 billion over four years.

Euronews · Oct 16

‘Amazing progress’ in lung cancer: Immunotherapy extends survival as mRNA vaccines offer hope

François Picard is pleased to welcome Siow-Ming Lee, Professor of Medical Oncology at the University College London and a specialist in lung cancer. “Lung cancer is not one cancer. There are many different types of lung cancer,” explains Lee. For decades, lung cancer has been closely associated with smoking, late…

France 24 · Oct 15

Diet Pattern Linked to Higher Lung Cancer Risk Loses Statistical Significance Once Overall Diet Quality Is Counted

A lung cancer link to a sulfur-related diet pattern faded after adjusting for overall diet quality. See what the study can and cannot show.

Medical Daily · Oct 14