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Yes! to clean air logoBy backing the Yes To Clean Air Campaign, you could live, work and breathe smoke-free air, in an environment protected from the dangers of second-hand smoke.

Yes To Clean Air, launched by Selby and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) and The Press, aims to help businesses to become smoke-free.

Nestle to ban cigarettes from all buildingsNestle to ban cigarettes from all buildings
9:04am Fri 9 Feb 07
WORKERS at York's Nestlé factory will soon have to stub out their fags for the last time - when it goes smoke-free.

Help for businesses ahead of smoking ban
7:36am Monday 29th January 2007
BUSINESSES in Selby are set to get help preparing for the July 1 blanket ban on smoking in workplaces.

'Too many still smoke''Too many still smoke'
9:50am Thu 11 Jan 07
MORE than 1,500 people in North Yorkshire stubbed out their cigarettes with the help of the NHS within six months last year - but it was not enough.
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York welcomes rise in minimum age to buy cigs
10:11am Wednesday 3rd January 2007
THE increase in the legal age at which teenagers can buy cigarettes is being welcomed in York, as the city's hospital has already brought in a smoking ban in its grounds.

Hotel enforces ban on smokingHotel enforces ban on smoking
10:14am Mon 30 Oct 06
A TOP hotel is believed to be the first in York to enforce a complete ban on smoking throughout its premises.
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Smokers facing hard treatment
9:03am Wednesday 27th September 2006
Hospital to ban “sneaky cigs” – even outside in the car park.

More want to quit
10:41am Tuesday 15th August 2006
QUIT smoking NHS advisors in North Yorkshire are gearing up for a significant influx of people wanting to kick the habit when it is banned in English pubs next year.

3,323 kick the habit – but it’s still not enough
8:51am Friday 11th August 2006
MORE than 3,000 people have stubbed out their cigarettes with the help of NHS advisors in Selby and York in the last three years.

A good clean fight
10:06am Thursday 22nd June 2006
THE PRESS attracted wide-spread support after launching our Yes! To Clean Air campaign to stub out smoking in the workplace in May 2005.

Stub it out!
11:42am Thursday 4th May 2006
A DRIVE to promote clean air in Selby's homes has been launched to protect youngsters from the effects of second-hand smoke.

No ifs, no butts for York students
11:43am Thursday 9th March 2006
You too can kick the habit - that was the message this walking cigarette brought to a York student campus.

'This ban could be the catalyst for smokers to finally give up'
11:43am Thursday 16th February 2006
HEALTH bosses in York have welcomed the Government's total ban on smoking in pubs, clubs and restaurants.

Stub it out - in your own home!
11:44am Tuesday 7th February 2006
A CLAMPDOWN on smoking in public areas and workplaces could be extended into the living room, under new measures being considered by health chiefs.

Smoked out
11:45am Friday 3rd February 2006
CONTROVERSIAL plans to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes to 18 were given a cautious thumbs up in York today.

Pressure to stop smoking from all pubs and clubs
11:45am Thursday 12th January 2006
CAMPAIGNERS for smoke-free public places in York have welcomed pressure to outlaw smoking from all pubs and clubs.

Government urged to bring in ban on lighting up in public
11:46am Wednesday 21st December 2005
PRESSURE is growing on the Government to bring in a total ban on smoking in public places.

Lung cancer death rate `low' in city
11:47am Thursday 24th November 2005
THE battle against lung cancer is being won across the region - with far less people falling victim to the disease than elsewhere in the country.

Council agrees ban on smoking
11:48am Wednesday 14th September 2005
CITY OF YORK council bosses have agreed a total ban on its staff smoking at work, in a move which will affect thousands of employees.

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