By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council is considering paying people hundreds of pounds to quit smoking.
It could launch a pilot scheme which would see the general population offered up to £200 to quit and pregnant women offered £400.
Firefighters have warned of the dangers of smoking indoors after two more South Cheshire deaths in fires caused by cigarettes.
Five people have no died in the area since February, including an elderly couple in Nantwich.
Suspected illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth more than £12,000 have been found in raids in South Cheshire.
More than 50,000 cigarettes were uncovered during raids by Cheshire East Council trading standards officers on properties in Crewe and Macclesfield.
Burglars smashed through a roof of the Premier Store in Wistaston and stole thousands of pounds in cigarettes.
Detectives are appealing for information after offenders targeted the convenience store on Kings Drive.
A haul of 65,000 illegal cigarettes has been found dumped in a lane in South Cheshire.
Cheshire East Council’s trading standards team wants the public to help track down those who dumped the haul in a field off Clay Lane, Crewe.
Armed robbers threatened staff with crowbars and stole cash and cigarettes in a raid on the Co-op store in Shavington earlier today.
Two men pulled up at the store on Rope Lane in a red car, police believe.
Trading standards officers have seized cigarettes, vodka and tobacco worth more than £17,000 in a swoop on illegal sellers in South Cheshire.
More than 25,000 illegal cigarettes, 800 bottles of vodka and 5.5kg of hand-rolling tobacco were uncovered during raids on properties in Crewe.
Cigarettes and tobacco worth more than £9,000 have been seized in raids by trading standards officers in South Cheshire.
More than 20,000 cigarettes and 5kg of rolling tobacco were uncovered during raids on seven properties in Crewe.
A gang of men raided a village store near Nantwich and made off with a stash of alcohol and cigarettes. The raid happened at the Co-op store in Shropshire Street, Audlem, near Nantwich.
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