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Revealed: Smoking rates have gone UP over the last decade in 20 parts of the UK... so how close is YOUR area to being 'smoke-free'?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Revealed: Smoking rates have gone UP over the last decade in 20 parts of the UK... so how close is YOUR area to being 'smoke-free'?

Daily Mail  

Smoking rates have actually risen in 20 boroughs across the UK in the last decade, despite a huge Government push to eradicate the killer habit. Smoking is now especially uncool among Gen Z, with rates having decreased by 60 per cent among 18-24 year olds since modern records began. Despite the downturn, which has been matched by a meteoric rise …

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Mapped: The UK's smoking strongholds where nearly a quarter of adults still smoke - how hooked is your area?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mapped: The UK's smoking strongholds where nearly a quarter of adults still smoke - how hooked is your area?

Daily Mail  

Only one in 10 Brits now smoke, the lowest proportion of the population ever recorded. Fresh analysis from the Office for National Statistics shows only some 6million people in the UK, about 12 per cent of the population were lighting up in 2023 ONS data show the number of daily or occasional vapers has risen to 5.1million in 2023, almost …

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Gen Z give up on smoking as age ban looms
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Gen Z give up on smoking as age ban looms

The Telegraph  

Generation Z has turned its back on smoking, with rates more than halving in 12 years as an age-linked ban looms. The steepest fall is among young adults, with only 9.8 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds smoking in 2023, down from 25.7 per cent in 2011. The figures show that 15.8 per cent are vaping daily or …

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Why Britain is one of the worst places to get cancer in Europe
3 months, 1 week ago

Why Britain is one of the worst places to get cancer in Europe

Daily Mail  

It’s a worrying trend that shows no sign of abating: cancer rates across the UK are on the rise, having shot up by 13 per cent in the past 25 years. A Good Health investigation has found that the UK ranks as one of the ­poorest performers compared with its continental neighbours A Good Health investigation has found that the …

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Pub bosses and hospitality chiefs fear Britain is on 'brink of nanny state' if smoking is banned outdoors - so what do YOU think?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Pub bosses and hospitality chiefs fear Britain is on 'brink of nanny state' if smoking is banned outdoors - so what do YOU think?

Daily Mail  

Hospitality bosses today admitted having major concerns over Sir Keir Starmer's 'nanny state' outdoor smoking ban that could see punters barred from lighting up in pub gardens, near football grounds and even outside nightclubs. Michael Kill, the chief executive of the Night Time Industry Association, told MailOnline today that Mr Starmer's plot to ban outdoor smoking has 'understandably caused concern …

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'Excessively high' cigarette taxes 'fuelling' black market, as retailers fear expansion of tobacco wars
5 months ago

'Excessively high' cigarette taxes 'fuelling' black market, as retailers fear expansion of tobacco wars

ABC  

In a small town deep in a verdant valley, something doesn't quite add up. Tobacco tax 'prohibition-by-creep' Deakin University criminologist James Martin says the tobacco excise is "well past its point of effectiveness". The black market has been growing for some time and Deakin University criminologist James Martin says Australia's "excessively high cigarette taxes" are to blame. "When we're seeing …

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The black market for cigarettes has exploded in plain sight and it's costing taxpayers billions
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The black market for cigarettes has exploded in plain sight and it's costing taxpayers billions

ABC  

The sale takes place in plain sight. Rohan Pike is a former Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force officer who helped establish the original tobacco strike team, when the black market was, as he describes it, a "modest problem". His business has lost $120 million in legitimate tobacco sales in the past two years, he says, as the black …

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As another tobacco shop burns in Melbourne, government hands Border Force $188 million for tobacco crackdown
11 months, 1 week ago

As another tobacco shop burns in Melbourne, government hands Border Force $188 million for tobacco crackdown

ABC  

As another tobacco shop burns in Melbourne, the federal government has launched a $188 million crackdown to combat an escalating "turf war" over illegal tobacco, following its January 1 ban of disposable vapes. Key points: A series of arson attacks have been linked to criminal gang fighting over the tobacco black market The federal government will give Border Force an …

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Time to get tougher on obesity, Rishi? Charities demand PM declares smoking-style war on UK's bulging waistline which costs the NHS and economy £27BILLION, £10bn more than tobacco
1 year, 2 months ago

Time to get tougher on obesity, Rishi? Charities demand PM declares smoking-style war on UK's bulging waistline which costs the NHS and economy £27BILLION, £10bn more than tobacco

Daily Mail  

Anti-obesity campaign have demanded PM treat obesity the same as smoking Rishi Sunak was today facing demands to ramp up efforts to shrink Britain's ever-growing waistline in the wake of his blitz on smoking. But former health minister Lord James Bethell, who worked in the Department of Health and Social Care during the Covid pandemic, said predictions Brits could face …

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Over 3.5 million Australians aged 14 or over vape or smoke, new data has revealed
1 year, 6 months ago

Over 3.5 million Australians aged 14 or over vape or smoke, new data has revealed

ABC  

More than 3.5 million Australians aged 14 and older smoke or vape according to new research, with rates increasing among younger people. Key points: There has been a significant jump in the number of Australians that vape The study looked at the rate of people smoking and vaping over five years Researchers say the number of young people smoking and …

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Sweden close to becoming first 'smoke free' country in Europe as daily use of cigarettes dwindles
1 year, 6 months ago

Sweden close to becoming first 'smoke free' country in Europe as daily use of cigarettes dwindles

The Independent  

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Sweden is close to becoming Europe’s first ‘smoke-free’ country as cigarette use drops
1 year, 6 months ago

Sweden is close to becoming Europe’s first ‘smoke-free’ country as cigarette use drops

LA Times  

Smoking is prohibited in both indoor and outdoor areas of bars and restaurants in Sweden, which has the lowest share of smokers in the European Union. As the World Health Organization marked World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday, Sweden, which has the lowest rate of smoking in the European Union, is close to declaring itself “smoke free” — defined as …

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Australia has a vaping problem, but no easy health or political solution
1 year, 10 months ago

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

ABC  

Depending on who you listen to, it's either a public health solution, or a public health crisis. The head of the TGA, Professor John Skerritt, has warned that vaping is "emerging as one of Australia's most significant public health problems". While Australia has pursued a prescription-only model, New Zealand allows nicotine vapes to be sold to people over 18 in …

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