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Editorial: The FDA is right to ban menthol cigarettes

Take a deep breath, America. We’ve made serious progress against cigarette smoking. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 23% of adults were smokers in 2000. By 2020, the rate had fallen to 12.5%. Teen use of traditional cigarettes has plummeted from 22.5% in 2002 to 6%…

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Benzinga

What is an Elf Bar and are they dangerous as new vape smoking craze surges?

Disposable vapes are becoming increasingly popular - but are they safe?

Daily Record

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What is an Elf Bar and are they bad for you as new smoking craze rips across UK

Elf Bars and other disposable vapes have appeared out of nowhere, suddenly popping up in the hands of smokers everywhere you look - but are they safe?

Daily Mirror

Effect of cannabis on the body as use of drug hits 10 year high

Cannabis is more popular than any other illegal drug in the country

Liverpool Echo

Dad smoking cigarette on balcony thrown in air by explosion

Adam Walker heard the sound of a loud bang followed by the screams of his three-year-old son

Liverpool Echo

UFC hopeful Top Noi Kiwram confirms smoking cigarettes before fights: ‘Why don’t you do some bad things?’

The passion for nicotine and tobacco seemingly knows no end for one "Road to UFC" prospect.

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'Why do we tolerate this?': Ex-smoker who started in primary school and had cancer three times welcomes calls to change the law

South Shields' Sue Mountain has had cancer three times due to smoking - she's backing calls to raise the legal age for buying tobacco after a landmark report.

Chronicle Live

People in Wales have strong objections to plans to hike smoking age every year

'Use education and harm reduction strategies instead'

Wales Online

Plan to slash smoking in England is backed by the evidence – but it could go even further

If smoking tobacco was invented today, there is little doubt it would be made illegal. The harm it does is simply too great.

The Conversation

Smoking could be banned in beer gardens and on beaches as part of radical proposals

Dr Javed Khan is calling for measures to be put in place, hoping to move towards a smoke-free UK by 2030

Chronicle Live

Care worker who glassed woman on night out after karaoke row avoids jail

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Sophie Robinson fell out with Katie Rickerby in the smoking area of a Newcastle pub before going inside and hitting her and glassing Abbey Quinn, causing nasty injuries

Daily Mirror

Radical plan to ban smoking in most council houses

Proposed shake-up in tobacco laws would also see lighting up not permitted in outdoor places such as beer gardens, cafe pavements and beaches

Wales Online

Is vaping a safer alternative to smoking? We just don't know yet

Studies show that people who vape are more likely to progress to smoking tobacco products.

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Wales Online

Smoking in beer gardens outlawed in England under proposed tobacco laws shake-up

Ministers told they will not meet their pledge to make country smoke-free by 2030 unless reforms are brought in soon

The Independent UK

Smokefree 2030: Have your say on government plans to raise the age for smoking to phase it out

Vote in our poll on whether the legal age for smoking should be raised

Daily Mirror

Smokers living in council housing could be banned from lighting up, new report suggests

Dr Javed Khan OBE has made some radical proposals that those living in council housing should be banned from smoking, as well as stubbing out the habit in pub gardens

Evening Standard

Talking Point: Should the smoking age be raised each year?

Annually raising the minimum age for buying tobacco is among the recommendations in a Government-commissioned review.

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The Independent UK

Dishonest to say smoking debate is about health versus freedom, says Whitty

Professor Sir Chris Whitty said a small number of wealthy companies are profiting from some of the most vulnerable in society.

Bristol Post

Government refuses to rule out banning smoking in beer gardens

Review also includes 9pm watershed and 18 rating on any film or TV programme depicting smoking

Glasgow Live

Love Island star 'finally' gives answer to 'most asked question' about the show

Hailing from season five of the hit ITV2 dating show, Amy Hart left the villa of her own accord due to mental health struggles - and has openly discussed her experience on social media since.

Evening Standard

Legal age for smoking ‘should rise and polluter tax must be considered’, says report

Among his 15 recommendations, Dr Javed Khan issued four critical ‘must-dos’ for the Government to be acted upon immediately

Evening Standard

Is raising the smoking age regressive or ingenious?

The Government is considering raising the legal smoking age from 18 by one year every year until eventually no one can buy tobacco, and familiar arguments have surfaced.

Liverpool Echo

Smoking age could increase each year until no one can buy tobacco anymore

Tobacco remains the single biggest cause of preventable illness and death in England, according to the Department of Health

Chronicle Live

Raise smoking age from 18 by a year, every year, until total ban, review finds

A review commissioned by the Department for Health and Social Care strongly recommends an annual increase to the age people have to be to buy tobacco

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