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Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny firmly believes that smoking cigarettes doesn't prevent him from performing at the highest level.

In today’s Football Daily: George Baldock, Kevin Keegan kisses Margaret Thatcher and a smoking keeper.

Rachel Reeves urged to levy ‘double whammy’ on firms’ £1bn annual profits to fund measures to end smoking

One year on from Hamas’ attacks on Israel, October 7 vigils will be held across the country, and the government is threatening a double dissolution election as it reintroduces its Help to Buy bill.

A recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 8 million people die annually from smoking related complications. Despite efforts by governments and various organisations to create awareness about the dangers, around 1.3 billion people still use some form of tobacco and 80% of them live in low…

Measures to stop children from vaping could be included in forthcoming tobacco and vapes bill

‘The pharmacy model is set for failure. When it falls in a heap, let’s try something that’s already worked well in other countries very similar to our own.’

‘Our lungs are not designed to withstand the constant daily onslaught of chemicals.’

By lowering the prevalence of smoking from current levels to just 5% everywhere, there will be a significant boost in life expectancy and prevent millions of premature deaths worldwide by 2050.

Researchers suggest stricter regulation as one in 10 people in Britain aged 16 or over now use e-cigarettes

The increase was largely driven by young adults, with an estimated 14% of 18 to 24-year-olds who never regularly smoked now vaping, researchers say.