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?

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.

Manchester has the lowest smoking quit rate in Britain, an NHS report has found.

New Year’s resolutions: For those who’ve made them, the week that’s passed probably feels like a month already.

Mothers across Manchester are among the worst in the country for refusing to give up cigarettes while pregnant, with Tameside and Glossop mums-to-be ranking the worst in the city.

Manchester’s ‘ex-smokers’ are the worst in the country for LYING about their success at ditching cigs, according to a new report – while every Mancunian forks out £62 every year to pay for their hospital fees.

New proposals were unveiled yesterday that could see smoking banned throughout London’s open spaces in an attempt to save lives.

E-cigarettes could reduce smoking-related deaths by 50,000 – despite a recent report calling for their regulation.

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.

School children in Wigan are urging the Government to implement a law that will protect them from glitzy and enticing cigarette packs.

Cannabis users may be seeing their fertility go up in smoke, claims a Manchester University study.
The research, completed in conjunction with the University of Sheffield, showed that the drug affected the size and shape of sperm, while booze binges and smoking had little effect.