Tag: cigarettes

Call for Westminster to transfer the power of tobacco to Holyrood

SNP plans to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes could lead to a rise in counterfeiting – say critics. The party hopes to introduce plain packaging...

Forensics hunt clues after woman's horror sex attack

By Cara Sulieman A WOMAN who had popped out for cigarettes was raped on her way back home. The 34-year-old was walking back from a Scotmid...

SPL stars join bid to stub out tobacco industry cash handouts

By Michael MacLeod SCOTLAND’S top footballers have backed a campaign to show the red card to a £300million taxpayer handout to the tobacco trade. Euro MP...

Pants-sniffer jailed over “sordid” event

By Cara Sulieman A GUN toting drunk who demanded a teenage girl’s pants so he could sniff them has been jailed for a year. Karim Bourouba,...

Fire chiefs back fire safe cigarettes

By Alexander Lawrie FIRE chiefs have given their full-backing to a move to introduce a new safer brand of cigarettes. Fire safe cigarettes are designed to...

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