The legal age of smoking in Scotland should be raised from 16 to 18, a team of experts is to tell Holyrood.
Dr Laurence Gruer, who is director of public health for NHS Scotland, has proposed the move along with other medical practitioners.
Health minister Andy Kerr described the plan as “an important step forward” in preventing […]

Smokers could be hit with a double whammy ban by being prohibited from lighting up outside places of work across Northern Ireland.
Draft legislation, which is currently being finalised by Health Minister Paul Goggins, says that when buildings here become smoke-free as part of the province-wide ban next April, certain permitted smoking areas could be axed.
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Employees could be banned from having cigarettes outside their offices, the government has suggested, under powers to extend the workplace smoking ban that takes effect next year.
Smoking is to be outlawed in all workplaces in England, including pubs, restaurants and private clubs from next year by the health bill currently before parliament.
But if office workers […]

Trying just one cigarette can lead to an overwhelming craving to smoke, which could lie dormant for three years or more, according to research published today.
The study found that teenagers who smoked a cigarette at the age of 11 were twice as likely to take up smoking by 14 as those who did not try […]

Brits are spending more than ever on trying to quit smoking, reveal new figures.
Health campaigns seem to have hit home as sales of nicotine patches, gum and other quitting aids have soared 50 per cent in five years to £97 million a year, according to market analysts Mintel.
The research shows almost half (47 per cent) […]