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75,000 GP appointments could be freed every month by ending smoking – charity

Cancer Research UK has called for action by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

The Independent UK

Seth Rogen reveals why he smokes marijuana ‘all day, every single day’

Actor says: ‘Would I just much rather smoke weed all day? Yes’

The Independent UK

Expert warns vaping perhaps 'just as damaging' as smoking - seven linked health problems

A health expert has urged that 'it's important' to take steps to quitting if you currently vape

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Newcastle consultant warns smoking kills brains cells and could see people in 40s and 50s get dementia later in life

Dr Charlotte Allan has urged smokers to quit and reduce their risk of dementia

Chronicle Live

Smoking Scoreboard Delays Northwestern-Rutgers Men’s Basketball Game

The Wildcats and Scarlet Knights gave new meaning to ‘combustible atmosphere.’

Sports Illustrated

Sex and lies are used to sell vapes online. Even we were surprised at the marketing tactics we found

It’s easy to buy vapes or e-cigarettes online. When we looked at websites selling them to buyers in Australia and New Zealand, we found a variety of slick, false or misleading marketing claims.

The Conversation

A potted history of smoking, and how we're making the same mistakes with vaping

When smoking first became popular we were told it was healthy, it was heavily marketed (including to young people) as being cool, and the time it took for us to learn otherwise was long, and came too late for many. Unfortunately, it seems history is repeating itself with vaping.

The Conversation

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How the push to end tobacco advertising in the 1970s could be used to curb gambling ads today

If you think you are seeing a lot more gambling ads on television and online platforms, you are not imagining it. They are so common that high-profile AFL players have refused to participate in sponsored gambling.

The Conversation

Lung Cancer Rates Are Soaring Among Unlikely Groups — an Oncologist Explains Why

Over the past 15 years, more women, non-smokers and younger people have received lung cancer diagnoses.

Inverse

Drink-driver dragged mum's body 900 metres after killing her in hit-and-run

Pierce Whelan had been smoking cannabis and was double the drink-driving limit

Wales Online

Belfast services run event to help people with health and cost-of-living

Around 600 people attended the event on Tuesday in the heart of the city.

Belfast Live

Movie review: Guy Ritchie’s 'Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre' a pointless stretch

Whatever you do, do not allow Guy Ritchie, the director of “Snatch,” “Sherlock Holmes,” "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and now the mysteriously titled “Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre,” to direct a Bond movie.

Boston Herald

'As natural as cheese in a can': Disasters carry human prints

Amid the distress brought by Cyclone Gabrielle, questions begin to form around who is to blame. As is the case in most 'natural' disasters, various corporate and government organisations are left holding smoking guns.

Newsroom.co.nz

Commentary: Guns are the biggest public health threat kids face. Why aren’t we warning them?

I still remember the raspy voice of the wizened cancer patient with the hole in her throat. So addicted to the poison that was killing her ‌— cigarettes ‌‌— she interspersed her words of warning about the dangers of smoking with taking puffs of a cigarette through her tracheostomy hole‌‌.

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The Independent UK

Population-wide gene testing ‘limited in its ability to predict disease risk’

Experts say polygenic risk scoring fails to take into other factors that contribute to disease risk, such as smoking or deprivation.

Daily Mirror

Man claims addiction to smoking vapes caused him to cough up three PINTS of blood

Dustin Fitzgerald had started using vapes after trying to kick his nicotine habit for three years. But just months after using them, Dustin found himself in hospital after dealing with a violent cough which left him in hospital

InsideEVs

Ford Mustang Mach-E: 2-Year Ownership Review And Road Trip

The Smoking Tire's Matt Farah and his wife bought their very own Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV two years ago. He shares how the experience has been so far.

The Independent UK

There were 205 reports of the air fryers catching fire, burning, melting, overheating and smoking

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Are you a secret smoker? A new study reveals many people hide their habit

Fear of being looked down on has led more than a third of singletons to hide their smoking habits from potential partners

The National (Scotland)

UK Government 'considering restrictions on vapes' as part of smoking crack down

THE UK Government is reportedly considering a new tax on vapes in a bid to discourage their use.

The Independent UK

There were 205 reports of the air fryers catching fire, burning, melting, overheating and smoking.

The Conversation

Passive vaping – time we see it like secondhand smoke and stand up for the right to clean air

A medical student of mine recently said he loved the smell of vanilla in the house he shared with friends who vaped. “That’s OK, right?” he asked. “Well no,” I said, “If you can smell the vanilla you are probably getting nicotine as well.”

ABC News

Australia has a vaping problem, but no easy health or political solution

Depending on who you listen to, vaping is either a public health solution, or a public health crisis, and what to do about it is on the minds of health ministers who'll discuss the issue today.

The New Daily

Calorie restriction slows ageing, but not as much as you’d hope for

Cutting your calories intake by 25 per cent for two years would slow ageing, to the same extent as giving up smoking.

Daily Mirror

Top ways 'secret smokers' hide habit - from extra perfume to minty mouth spray

One in three single Brits admit to being 'secret smokers' - and say it is particularly important to them to hide the habit from potential love interests

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