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[UK] Meningitis link to smoking in pregnancy: Cigarettes can treble child's chance of developing the disease

The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
added Dec 10, 2012 02:59
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[UK] Police arrest hundreds in London licensing clampdown

Operation Condor raids result in nearly 300 arrests, with tobacco and alcohol seized as part of 48-hour crackdown on licensed premises
The Guardian (uk)
added Dec 23, 2012 22:34
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[UK] Tobacco tax smokescreen evaporates

According to research by Investec, it now takes more than half an hour of work, at average manufacturing wages, to afford a packet of cigarettes. In 1992, it took only 17 minutes.
Financial Times (uk)
added Dec 10, 2012 12:09
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[UK] Oldham taxi driver fined for smoking in his cab and discarding cigarette butt on floor - in front of council officers

A cabbie has been prosecuted for smoking in his taxi – and then throwing the cigarette butt on the floor when council officers stopped him.
Oldham Advertiser (uk)
added Dec 7, 2012 16:12
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[UK] UPDATE: Fire which killed Copthorne woman, 87, may have been caused by cigarette

The fire service said it was the second time an elderly woman in West Sussex had died in the space of four days in a house fire believed to have been caused by cigarettes.
Crawley Observer (uk)
added Dec 7, 2012 16:06
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[Europe, UK] Tobacco tax smokescreen evaporates

Using tax changes as a smokescreen for price rises has allowed tobacco companies to maintain their earnings as cigarette consumption in the UK and Europe has continued to fall. One tobacco analyst, who asked not to be named, described the relationship b
Financial Times (uk)
added Dec 7, 2012 15:55
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[UK] Brighton experts find almost half of new mothers take up smoking again

About 23,000 pregnant women in England have used the NHS Stop Smoking Service this year. Dr Memon wants it to widen its counselling and support services not just to prospective new mothers but to those smokers who live with them.
Brighton and Hove News (uk)
added Dec 7, 2012 13:56
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[UK] Hickstead’s showing director challenged to quit smoking

The showjumper has challenged Hickstead’s showing director Roger Stack to give up smoking for a year. . . . “Anything that’s worth doing is hard — but I’m through the worst,” Roger told H&H.
Horse & Hound magazine (uk)
added Dec 9, 2012 14:27
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[UK] Health chiefs claim support for plain cigarette packaging campaign

PARENTS and residents in Trafford have supported a campaign to introduce plain, standardised tobacco packs.
Messenger Newspapers (uk)
added Dec 7, 2012 16:21
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[UK] Half 'smoke again after pregnancy'

Of 512 mothers who took part in the study, 47% resumed smoking within six weeks of delivery, according to the study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
Nursing Times
added Dec 10, 2012 12:16
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