The six-week operation by Middlesbrough Council's Trading Standards team has seen 4,000 potentially dangerous devices removed from sale.

Illegal vaping products 'aimed at children' seized in Middlesbrough crackdown

University of Bristol researchers say smoking tobacco could increase someone's chances of developing the conditions. 

Smoking tobacco linked to depression and schizophrenia

The potential Prime Minister wants to examine if such measures unfairly target low-income earners.

The cigarettes were found at 15 premises across Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset. 

Trading standards officers in Norfolk seized more hand rolling tobacco during raids this week than the whole of last year.

Trading Standards found a hidden compartment containing illegal tobacco that rose from the floor.

One person is dying as a result of smoking every 21 hours in Gateshead, according to new figures.
 

The four companies hoped to overturn a High Court judgement which upheld the government's decision to force them to use plain packaging.

Three people have been arrested following the seizure of an estimated £10,000 worth of illegal cigarettes and rolling tobacco. 

A gang of North East smugglers, including four family members, have been sentenced today after smuggling £750,000 worth of tobacco.

Australia's High Court has upheld strict anti-tobacco marketing laws. Cigarettes will soon be sold in green packets with graphic warnings.