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Galleon Bar owner Stephen Pierre says work has started on his second venue in the town

Owner of Blackpool's Galleon bar reveals major update about new venue

Quitting both smoking and alcohol could save you £3,500–£4,000 a year (Photos: Pexels/Getty Images)

Cutting out smoking and alcohol this Stoptober could save you £1,000s

Winning Unity Academy student Abigail with her family and Cllr Jo Farrell, Cabinet Member for Communities and Wellbeing at Blackpool Council.

I made a winning poster to stop people smoking where we play

The disposable vape ban could drive thousands back to smoking.

Disposable vape ban 'could drive thousands back to smoking'

The Ninja Woodfire brings convenience to grilling

Ninja Woodfire BBQ: why this electric grill is my guilty pleasure

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The Gorilla ornament was taken from Darlington Indoor Market.

Bungling thieves snatch life-size gorilla statue in bizarre burglary

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National No Smoking Day: how quitting can save you thousands

71 per cent have sneakily inhaled nicotine where they shouldn’t have

Top 20 places smokers and vapers have had an illicit puff

Cancer Research UK scientists

Around 10 lives saved every day from lung cancer in the north west

Fed up residents say they have had enough as a local Airbnb is constantly being used to host drug-fuelled parties into the early hours.

Watch: 'Drug-fuelled' teens at Booking.com let climbed into my garden

A dental expert gives their tips on maintaining a healthy mouth

Harley Street dentist reveals 12 rules in his own cleaning regime

The areas in the UK with the highest percentage of smokers have been revealed.

Stopping smoking: The smoking hotspots around the UK

A person smoking a cigarette outdoors in a pub. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

I think a smoking ban is a good idea… if you want to kill pubs off

Man smokes a cigarette outside pub.

Watch: Would an outdoor smoking ban kill the ‘Great British pub’?
Watch Ash Corbett-Collins, Vice-Chairman of Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), discuss how an outdoor smoking ban could stop smokers and non-smokers socialising in pubs - which may lead to people drinking at home instead.
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The government is reportedly considering an outdoor smoking ban. (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Smoking ban explained: Where could it be banned and will vaping count?

These are the five things you should never do on a plane. (Photo: Jeffry Surianto/Pexels)

The 5 things you should avoid doing on a plane

Holidaymakers could face huge fines for taking vapes to certain destinations. (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

The countries that ban vaping and could see holidaymakers fined

James Johnson in hospital

I'm a doorman at a Lancashire nightclub and my vape almost killed me

These are the illegal vapes hot spots across the UK. (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images, Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Map unveils the UK hot spots for illegal vapes - full list

Siblings Stefan Fish and Lorna Harrison alongside a picture of their late mum, Domini Fish.

We lost our mum to cancer & demand change following general election

Smoking and vaping rules holidaymakers need to be aware of in popular hotspots including Turkey, Spain, France and Greece to avoid hefty fines. (Photo: Getty Images)

Strict rules to be aware of in holiday hotspots to avoid hefty fines

Two-fifths of girls in England and Scotland have vaped by the age of 15 – higher than in other countries such as France, Austria, Germany, Albania, Spain, Canada and Norway.

Three Lancashire areas named in top 20 illegal vape capitals of the UK

Smokers have been banned from using a village hall ashtray bin after it was taken over - by a family of nesting blue tits.

Watch: 'No Smoking' as family of blue tits nest in ashtray

A 60-year-old driver was caught by police officers about to smoke heroin on the hard shoulder of the M62.

60-year-old caught smoking heroin on motorway

Alec with his daughter Celia Rigby-O'Neill. He was just 13 years old when he started smoking

I want to raise the legal smoking age after losing my dad to cancer
Her dad began smoking when he was only 13 years old.
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UK holidaymakers have been issued a Spain travel warning as more Spanish beaches have imposed a ban ahead of summer. (Photo: Getty Images)

Breaking Spain warning over beach ban

Left: Coleen Nolan on the Cliff Richard Show back in the 70s (credit: ITV). Right: pictured in 2022 (credit: PA)

Blackpool star Coleen Nolan's life so far

Coleen Nolan is urging smokers to quit this No Smoking Day. Credit: PA

Lancashire’s Coleen Nolan urges smokers to quit after health scare

Coleen Nolan has been diagnosed with prediabetes after having blood tests following a chest infection.

Loose Woman diagnosed with scary illness after 'near death experience'

Advertising boards promote vaping devices outside a shop in Manchester (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

UK to ban disposable vapes - but when will they be taken off shelves?

Maternal smoking rates across the country fell from 9.1% in the three months to September 2022-23 to 7.5% in the same period of 2023-24 (Credit: PA)

Fewer pregnant women in Blackpool were smokers when they gave birth

There are plans for a smoke-free generation

Plans for smoke-free generation 'pivotal' for health in Blackpool

Smoking causes premature deaths

Report warns smoking still the main cause of premature death in Blackpool

Smoking rates in Blackpool reached a record low last year, new figures show.

Smoking rates in Blackpool reached a record low in 2022

A man was evicted from Ryanair aircraft after he was caught smoking in the cabin toilet (Paul Thomas/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Man removed from plane after caught smoking in cabin toilet

Vaping

Australia to ban recreational vaping amid ‘epidemic’

The UK government want to make the nation smoke free by 2030

UK government to offer one million smokers vape starter kits

“If nobody brought in cakes into the office, I would not eat cakes in the day, but because people do bring cakes in, I eat them,” said Professor Susan Jebb regarding the banning of cakes in the workplace

Ban birthday cakes in the workplace, FSA chairwoman suggests

Here are signs of pancreatic cancer you can look out for

Specialist Pancreatic cancer nurse shares 14 symptoms to look out for

There are fewer smokers in West Northamptonshire compared to 2020.

Targets to make England ‘smoke-free’ by 2030 set to be missed

Some businesses may be forced to shut down for the winter

Dry January 2023: Celebrating 10 years of sobriety

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Snoring affects around half of us (photo: Adobe)

Top eight hacks to stop snoring

How a pellet BBQ takes the hassle out of barbecues; and the best buys

One in five smokers smoking 20 per cent more since pandemic (photo: adobe)

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The ban will be a UK first (Photo: Shutterstock)

Wales is set to become the first country in the UK to ban smoking in playgrounds

A buildup of plaque in your arteries ultimately makes your arteries much narrower and stiffer. (Shutterstock)

Here's how to make your arteries younger according to medical experts

Three people dressed in NHS uniforms - with their coats over the top - were pictured smoking in an alleyway near to the maternity unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, which bans lighting up anywhere on its premises and even sends specialist advisers to speak to poorly patients during their stay in a bid to get them to give up their own habit

Medics spotted smoking at 'smoke-free' Blackpool Victoria Hospital - where poorl...

This is how patients can give smokers a telling off at Blackpool Victoria Hospital - with just the push of a button

This is how patients can give smokers a telling off at Blackpool Victoria Hospit...

One in two people quit efforts to give up smoking after on session

Lancashire smokers who refuse to quit

Smokers are being offered help to quit

Smokers offered help from the NHS 'Quit Squad'

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