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On a busy street near Patna’s Rajendra Path, 11-year-old Sanjay* watches his elder brother roll up tendu leaves stuffed with tobacco flakes. Within minutes, a fresh bundle of bidis is ready to be sold for one rupee (Re 1) to eager customers that have lined up outside his paan shop.…

Figures show Enfield as the smoking hotspot but Londoners puff the least nationwide

Smokers are getting through billions of cigarettes a year on average, new data shows

Charities have urged the Government to prioritise the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to curb smoking

There are particularly high levels of consumption in more disadvantaged areas, say researchers.

New laws and a crackdown on vapes have led to a downturn in young people using them, but an expert says the work to reduce smoking rates is far from done.

He was a teen singer with his dream career. But then his life fell apart. Anthony Kavanagh talks about sex work, addiction and the years he spent being forced to hide his sexuality

More doctors could soon be prescribing vapes to those stuck in a smoking cycle as a trial suggests vaping is more effective than traditional quitting aids.

You don't need to uncover a vast conspiracy to find valuable revelations—and without transparency, you don't know what revelations might be there.

COMMENT: As celebrities like Dua Lipa post alarmingly ‘cool’ images of themselves with cigarettes (despite formally announcing in the past that she’d quit), Charlotte Cripps – who kicked the habit in record time – shares her top tips

‘Fed up’ holidaymakers slept in a military base lounge after their 5,000-mile flight from Mexico to Gatwick was diverted