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"What the world needs now, is rock, sweet rock": The Darkness invoke God as they launch new album Dreams On Toast

The Darkness announce new album, release The Longest Kiss single, and announce UK tour

Louder

Sir Keir Starmer vows to 'take decisions' on outdoor smoking ban to ease NHS 'burden'

NHS 'heartened' by possible beer garden smoking ban while pubs say it will 'increase isolation'

Evening Standard

Vapes should be sold behind the counter like cigarettes, says BMA

Doctors’ union urges ministers to introduce legislation to curb ‘epidemic’ of vaping in UK

The Guardian - UK

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Vaping among adults at highest level in eight years

Percentage of adults using both vapes and cigarettes has doubled in three years

The Independent UK

From Charli xcx to a Team GB golfer, is smoking making a comeback?

Campaigners warn of complacency about effects of habit picked up by celebrities and featuring on fashion catwalks

The Guardian - UK

CDs sales are growing. How I wish I hadn’t given my beloved collection away

Compact discs provided the soundtrack to his life. Then came streaming and he couldn’t get rid of them fast enough. As CDs enjoy a renaissance, our writer looks back at what he lost

The Guardian - UK

Chris Whitty urges MPs to ignore lobbying and pass smoking ban bill

Exclusive: England’s chief medical officer says tobacco industry is the ‘one gainer from the death and disease’ caused by its products

The Guardian - UK

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Ireland’s smoking ban 20 years on: how an unheralded civil servant triumphed against big tobacco

Tom Power led an alliance that brought about the pioneering health initiative which has since been adopted by more than 70 countries – and has saved countless lives

The Guardian - UK

American hotel company Ash launches ‘The Host’ – tableware items imagined as precious heirlooms

US hotel company Ash adds an entertaining-themed series of collectible tableware to its line of in-house objects

Wallpaper

‘Dire need’ for labels on alcohol and ads about unhealthy eating to cut avoidable cancers

Health campaigners call for hard-hitting messages about risks of drinking and of being overweight

The Guardian - UK

‘More than 40% of smokers think vaping is more harmful than cigarettes’

Campaigners said more must be done to help smokers understand that e-cigarettes are less risky.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Here’s how to make vaping less attractive to teens

There’s a new report from Imperial College that confirms what every teenager knows: young people are increasingly exposed to vapes in shops. In theory, buying vapes should be like buying drink: if you look young, then you need ID. Simple, no?

Evening Standard

Children ‘increasingly exposed’ to vapes on display in shops

Steep rise in children purchasing vapes from small shops

Evening Standard

Councils call for ‘inherently unsustainable’ single-use vapes to be banned by 2024

It comes as other European countries consider banning disposable e-cigarettes

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Ban disposable vapes by next year, ministers urged

Councils say action should be taken on disposable e-cigarettes over health and environmental fears

The Independent UK

Councils call for disposable vapes to be banned in UK by 2024 on environmental and health grounds

It comes as other European countries consider banning disposable e-cigarettes

The Independent UK

Councils call for 2024 ban on single-use vapes

It comes as other European countries consider banning disposable e-cigarettes

Louder

Here are the best alt. rock songs you'll hear this week, featuring The Hives, Osees, Dream Nails and more

Here are eight great alternative songs you may have missed this week: vote here for your favourite!

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Edinburgh Live

Doctor sends urgent warning to parents as experts call for ban on disposable vapes

Doctors who specialise in care for children and young people have warned the Government that younger people smoking disposable vapes is becoming an "epidemic" in the UK.

The Independent UK

Vaping is fast becoming an epidemic among children, warn doctors

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health warned that e-cigarettes are not a risk-free product

The Independent UK

Children’s doctors call for ban on disposable vapes

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health warned that e-cigarettes are not a risk-free product.

The Independent UK

Number of children vaping spikes 50% in a year

Anti-smoking campaigners are calling for tigher regulation of vapes

The Independent UK

Number of children trying vaping rises 50% in a year

There has been an increase in experimental vaping among 11 to 17-year-olds, from 7.7% last year to 11.6% this year.

Wales Online

Massive increase in children vaping sparks health fears

A 50 per cent rise in teens addicted to nicotine being driven by flavours including pink lemonade, strawberry, banana and mango

Evening Standard

Smokers cost London’s economy £2.6bn a year, figures reveal

There are almost 800,000 smokers in the capital, creating an overall cost of £3bn

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