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Up in smoke: 91,000 ‘illegal’ cigarettes seized during raids in Salford

ILLEGAL cigarettes and tobacco worth £46,000 have been seized in Salford. In the bedroom of a home raided by Greater

No Smoking Day: GMFRS issue warning about the many dangers of carelessly chucked cigarettes

To mark No Smoking Day Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service have issued a warning statement to the public regarding people who carelessly discard cigarettes.

‘Safeguard your sight’: Vision van brings free eye tests to Piccadilly Gardens

Optical health in Manchester is amongst the lowest in the country according to new statistics – but Vision Express is hoping to rectify that by offering free eye tests from their ‘Vision Van’ in the city centre.

GMP appeal: Moston masked duo nab cash and cigarettes from One Stop shop

Two balaclava-clad thieves raided a One Stop shop in Moston yesterday morning, fleeing with cash and cigarettes – police are appealing for witnesses to the crime.

Manchester LGBT Foundation host meeting to ‘bring smoking out of the closet’

Manchester’s LGBT Foundation is teaming up with leading health professionals working in tobacco control in a bid to ‘bring smoking out of the closet’.

Manchester teens call for plain cigarette packaging as 18k take up smoking a year

Manchester teens are doing their bit to stub out smoking amongst their peers after Action on Smoking on Health (ASH) figures revealed 18,000 young people take up cigarettes each year in the region.

Mancunian matters of the heart: Do I quit smoking or give up my boyfriend?

This week, MM’s very own agony aunt hears from someone whose wandering lips are causing serious problems in her relationship. What will it be, the boyfriend or the secret cigarettes?

No ifs, no butts: Harphurhey man sees £400 go up in smoke for dropping fag

Christopher Lear, 34, of Carisbrook Street in Harpurhey, received fines of £160, along with £240 in costs and an additional £20 victims of crime surcharge.

Back down to earth: Shamed easyJet flight attendant jailed after using staff discount to fund cig-smuggling ring

A flight attendant who led a tax evasion gang that smuggled £180,000-worth of cigarettes through airports has been jailed for 21 months.

Quit the smoke and tell a joke: Stoptober uses comedians to lighten up bid to help people quit

Stoptober campaigners are advising smokers in the North West to ditch the fags for a gag in an attempt to reduce the number of cigarette users in the UK throughout October.

Most wanted: Manchester smuggler makes taxman’s hitlist after role in £28million illegal cigarette racket

Ahmed Salim Khezri was handed a six-year prison sentence in April along with the rest of the organised gang he was a part of after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers smashed their £28million cigarette smuggling conspiracy.

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