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.

Passive smoking also increases the likelihood of hearing loss by 28%.

One in five baby boys born in the Manchester City district will not reach retirement age, claims figures from the Office of National Statistics.

A Salford teenager has called on the Government to bring in standardised tobacco packaging in a bid to save young lives from going up in smoke.