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Labour cannot outlaw smoking and vaping in Northern Ireland because its tobacco ban breaches the EU Brexit deal, warns former law chief
25 Oct 2025 19:06 GMT
… smoking cannot be implemented in Northern Ireland without breaching the UK … advice produced by Mr Larkin for the Tobacco Manufacturers … smoking ban that applies it to Northern Ireland as well as England, Scotland … packaging of e-cigarettes.
The legislation has …
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Cannabis isn’t safe for young brains, UK’s top psychiatrist warns parents
25 Oct 2025 20:29 GMT
… to teenagers’ mental health, Britain’s top psychiatrist said.Dr … ’s reward centres, which helps produce the “high” feeling. Studies … in their brain.
Smoking cannabis, like tobacco which it is often … has also encouraged a burgeoning industry in over-the-counter …
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UK households urged to check sofas immediately for 'crucial' reason
25 Oct 2025 12:37 GMT
… battery fires linked to e-cigarettes.
Vape experts at Royal … vape and e-cigarette-related fires across 39 UK fire and … Fire services from Essex to London have issued fresh alerts as … in England, underscoring the prevalence of unsafe products in the market.
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Tesco delivery drivers to wear body cameras in major safety rollout across UK
25 Oct 2025 12:35 GMT
… when their deliveries arrive. The British supermarket giant, which has … orders per week, the company hopes that the presence of … with the usual products like tobacco and alcohol. The Union of … personal safety.
Ashwin Prasad, Tesco UK CEO, stated: "Nobody …
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Lee Anderson says high cost of cigarettes is fuelling 'decline of high streets'
25 Oct 2025 09:15 GMT
… Lee Anderson says making cigarettes more expensive will mean … freeze tobacco duty.
The Reform UK MP says a black market for tobacco … just lead to more people smoking cheap, under-the-counter … high street.
"Honest business owners are being undercut day …
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‘He’s one of the few politicians who likes crypto’: my day with the UK tech bros hosting Nigel Farage
25 Oct 2025 07:05 GMT
… Shadwell, east London. But inside the old shell of Tobacco Dock, … s daily lives in this industry easier then people will … Hill and chair of the business and trade parliamentary committee, … that crypto donations could corrupt British politics.
Meanwhile at the …
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Dangerous toys, vapes and chargers seized from Woolwich business
24 Oct 2025 20:45 GMT
… for illegal goods, vapes, tobacco and unsafe products following the … this indicates that the business were falsely labelling phones as … a closure order against the business.
Councillor Rachel Taggart-Ryan, … email tradingstandards@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
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Scientists demand ban on mass-produced bacon after 54,000 cases of cancer are linked to the nitrates-rich meat
24 Oct 2025 16:35 GMT
… figures from Cancer Research UK and the British Journal of Cancer, … the same risk category as tobacco and asbestos.
Despite this, … cent of the market, with almost all mass produced bacon sold in … exclusively among under-50s.
In England, diagnoses among 25 to …
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Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK
24 Oct 2025 16:10 GMT
… as they criticise successive British governments for doing “virtually … warnings and order food producers to phase them out … same carcinogenic category as tobacco and asbestos,” said Denis … packaging similar to ‘smoking kills’ on cigarettes.”
The IARC said …
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Factbox-UK tax options for finance minister Reeves in November budget
24 Oct 2025 13:32 GMT
LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves … more money into the UK stock market.
LAWYERS AND ACCOUNTANTS
The … held at the Bank of England, a feature of the … for financial services firms.
‘SIN TAXES’
Taxes on alcohol, tobacco, gambling and …