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9 Jan 2026

Make quitting smoking your new year’s resolution

The start of the year is a time for fresh beginnings. Many people make new year’s resolutions to improve their health, such as eating …

19 Jun 2025

Off-licence prosecuted for illegal cigarettes

A stash of illegal cigarettes has landed a Greenford off-licence and its owners in court. Following an inspection by Ealing Council officers thousands of …

11 Mar 2025

‘I felt like a lion in a cage without a cigarette’

£400. That’s how much one man has saved so far – in just over a month – since giving up smoking cigarettes with the …

8 Nov 2023

Ealing top for cracking down on litter

Ealing Council is one of the top boroughs in the country when it comes to taking action against people who drop litter. According to …

17 Dec 2021

Acton business fined £3k after illicit tobacco haul

A shop owner in Acton has been fined by a court after he continued to sell illicit tobacco, despite receiving a first and final …

6 Dec 2021

Off licence owner pleads guilty to supplying illicit tobacco

A shop owner has been fined by a court after continuing to sell illicit tobacco, despite receiving a simple caution in 2017 for the …

25 Nov 2021

Supplier of illegal cigarettes ordered to pay £200k

A Southall businessman has been told he must pay a confiscation order of nearly £200,000, after earlier pleading guilty to supplying illicit cigarettes. The …

24 Nov 2021

Illegal and fake cigarettes seized by Ealing trading standards officers

Counterfeit goods including illegal cigarettes and alcohol and prescription-only painkillers have been seized by trading standard officers at a number of premises across Ealing. …

1 Nov 2018

No butts when it comes to cleaner streets

We all know that smoking is terrible for your health – and if that wasn’t a good enough reason to kick the habit, those …

21 Mar 2018

Shisha smoking can be ‘as bad as 100 cigarettes’

The popularity of shisha smoking is rising and, alarmingly for users, research has found it can be as harmful as smoking cigarettes. In fact, …

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