Heavy smokers face nearly DOUBLE risk of dying of COVID-19 compared to people who have never smoked

Heavy smokers face nearly DOUBLE the risk of being hospitalized for COVID-19 or dying compared to people who have never smoked, study finds Researchers looked at more than 7,000 coronavirus patients, including more than 6,000 never-smokers and the rest being current or former smokers  Patients who had been smoking at least one pack per day … Read more

The 10-hour diet: Waldorf salad and smoked mackerel

The 10-hour diet: Waldorf salad and smoked mackerel By Jeannette Hyde Published: 00:02 GMT, 24 January 2021 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 24 January 2021 Colourful, nutritious, packed to the brim with flavour… say hello to your new daily standby  SERVES 2 1 apple, cored and cut into small cubes 2 tbsp walnut pieces 2 sticks … Read more

The 10-hour diet: Rarebit with gruyere and smoked chipotle

The 10-hour diet: Rarebit with gruyere and smoked chipotle By Jeannette Hyde Published: 00:02 GMT, 24 January 2021 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 24 January 2021 For those of you who like your cheese spiced up, this is for you. I love forking unpasteurised sauerkraut on top of a high-tea dish like this. The cabbage contains … Read more

My festive rescue: Smoked salmon canapes 

My festive rescue: Smoked salmon canapes By Mary Berry Published: 00:02 GMT, 13 December 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 13 December 2020 Rye bread, usually from Denmark or Germany, is available already sliced in packets, sometimes with sunflower seeds added. Of course you could use ordinary brown bread or blinis, but rye bread is more … Read more

Mike Tyson reveals he smoked marijuana before his first boxing match in 15 years

Mike Tyson admitted to smoking cannabis before going toe-to-toe with Roy Jones Jr. during his boxing return, saying ‘I just have to smoke.’ The boxing legend made the remarks after completing an eight-round exhibit against Jones Jr. at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. ‘Absolutely yes… Listen, I can’t stop smoking,’ Tyson, 54, told … Read more

Today’s cannabis is 14% stronger than was smoked in the 70s

Cannabis is traditionally associated with the long-haired hippies of the 60s and 70s, who were often depicted with spliffs dangling from their mouths.  But the drug inhaled by those free-living spirits was 14 per cent weaker than what is dealt on the world’s streets today, a study has found.  For cannabis resin, or hash, the … Read more

A slice of comfort: Cauliflower and smoked cheese gratin 

A slice of comfort: Cauliflower and smoked cheese gratin By Danielle Alvarez Published: 00:02 GMT, 1 November 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 1 November 2020 SERVES 6-8 1kg cauliflower (approx 1 large head) 70g butter 50g panko or other fresh breadcrumbs, dried 30g plain flour 550ml cold full-cream milk 1 bay leaf 1 tbsp salt 70g … Read more

Britons drank more alcohol than usual during the lockdown but smoked less, study reveals

Britons drank alcohol more than usual during lockdown but there was a rise in the number of people who gave up cigarettes, research has revealed.  One in six people admitted binge drinking at least once a week in April, during the darkest days of the crisis, up from one in 10 before the pandemic reached … Read more

Beating Covid will be our prize catch! Says smoked salmon producer

Lance Forman’s family firm has survived flood, fire, ‘Red Ken’ Livingstone, the Left-wing firebrand former mayor of London, and two World Wars. Having weathered all that, he certainly has no intention of letting his world-famous smoked salmon business be laid low by a virus. The 57-year-old is a former president of the Cambridge Union and … Read more