Page 30£1.5bn fewer
cigarettes lit
up every year
TOUGH tobacco laws have led
to a reduction in smoking by
1.5billion cigarettes a year,
researchers reckon.
The number of cigarettes
smoked in England fell 24 per
cent between 2011 and 2018,
according to researchers at
University College London.
They said the drop was
encouraged by stricter laws
on the marketing and adver-
tising of tobacco, as well as
the 2007 indoor smoking ban.
The study, published in the
JAMA Network Open journal,
found the average smoker
now has 10.6 cigarettes a day- down from 12.4 a day in 2011.
Around 118million fewer ciga-
rettes were smoked per
month in 2018 than in 2011.
the man she had been talking
to is older, based on a photo in
the text thread.
Her parents are understood
to have hired a famous Polish
private investigator. A New
York Police Department
spokesman said: ‘[Victoria]
left JFK on Saturday morning
and reached the UK on Mon-
day morning. We’re working
with UK police, but unless she
contacts us, we’re not going to
know too much more.’
On Monday, family friend
Bernadetta Gajdzinski
appealed on Facebook for help
with the hunt. She said: ‘I have
a great request to all my
friends and acquaintances –
those living in London and all
of you who have family orBy Jemma Buckley
Crime CorrespondentMissing US teen
‘lured to Britain
by an older man’
A DESPERATE search is under
way for an American teenager who
may have been lured to Britain
after texting an older man.
Victoria Grabowski, 16, is feared to
have flown to Heathrow at the weekend
after paying for a flight from New
York in cash.
Her parents have reportedly discovered
text messages which show she had been
communicating with an older man in Brit-
ain. Scotland Yard said its officers have spo-
ken to her family and are treating the case as
a missing persons investigation.
Victoria, who lives in Queens, New York
City, is a Polish citizen and is believed to
have used her Polish passport to travel to
London, according to US media reports.She was last seen at her home at around
10am on Saturday. Her parents are unsure
how she could have paid for the flight from
John F Kennedy Airport herself and have
tried calling her but her mobile phone has
been switched off.
Victoria’s uncle Arkadiusz Grabowski said
her parents discovered she had been talk-
ing to an older man in a group chat. He
added: ‘The texts show that she got fasci-
nated with London and wanted to move
there.’ Mr Grabowski said her parents think‘Fascinated
with London’acquaintances there. ‘On Sat-
urday the daughter of my
friends travelled from New
York to London without their
knowledge. Her name is Victo-
ria Grabowski.
‘Please send these photos
further, maybe someone will
meet or notice her and then
report it to the police.’
A Met Police spokesman said:
‘The Met was contacted by the
National Crime Agency regard-
ing a 16-year-old US citizen
who is believed to have trav-
elled to the UK via Heathrow.
She is being treated as a miss-
ing person and inquiries to find
her are ongoing.
‘Officers have liaised with her
family and will be speaking
with the NYPD.’Hunt: Victoria Grabowski, 16, in
an online appeal by US policeCompiled by ETAN SMALLMAN
and ADAM JACOT DE BOINODDAY
ON THIS
August 29, 2019
FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
AUGUST 29, 1946
JUDGES at an allotment show at Barby, near
Rugby, awarded the first prize of five shillings
to ‘a fine collection of vegetables’. The
winners — 25 German prisoners — were not
allowed to receive money, so 100 cigarettes
were presented instead.
AUGUST 29, 1996
FROM the Princess who never sought
divorce, it was a poignant gesture. No
longer Her Royal Highness, Diana marked
the end of her marriage yesterday by
appearing at the English National Ballet
still wearing Prince Charles’s rings — the
sapphire and diamonds that marked their
engagement and her gold wedding band.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
CHRIS HADFIELD, 60.
The Canadian astronaut
claimed the Guinness
World Record in 2013 for
filming the first music video
in space — his version of
David Bowie’s Space
Oddity. It showed Hadfield
floating onboard the
International Space
Station while playing guitar (pictured).
Bowie sent his support, tweeting ‘Hallo
Spaceboy...’, the title of his 1996 hit single.
ELLIOTT GOULD, 81. The actor from New
York, ex-husband of Barbra Streisand,
starred in the film M*A*S*H and sitcom
Friends (as the father of Monica and Ross).
He once changed a light bulb for his friend
comic Groucho Marx, who said: ‘That is the
best acting I have ever seen you do.’BORN ON THIS DAY
JAMES HUNT (1947-1993). The racing
driver from Surrey, dubbed ‘the George
Best of Formula One’, won the World
Championship in 1976. He was known for
being reckless in his early career, earning
him the nickname ‘Hunt the Shunt’. Hunt
died not on the track but of a heart attack,
aged 45, in his bed in Wimbledon.
INGRID BERGMAN
(1915-1982). The Swedish
actress, star of Casablanca
(pictured), died on her
67th birthday. She sparked
outrage when she had a
child with Italian director
Roberto Rossellini before
divorcing her first husband.
Bergman had once said: ‘I
cannot understand why
people think I’m pure and full of nobleness.
Every human has shades of bad and good.’ON AUGUST 29...
In 1987, Rick Astley had his first and only
No 1 with his debut single, Never Gonna
Give You Up.
In 1977, four men were arrested near a
Memphis cemetery for plotting to steal
Elvis Presley’s body and ransom it. His
remains were reinterred at Graceland.WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION: Hingle (1858)
A) Leather strap to bind a hawk’s wing.
B) Snare to catch a hare or rabbit.
C) Spur attached to a fighting cock.
Answer below
PHRASE EXPLAINED
Big Apple: Meaning New York City; it most
likely derives from a 1920s horse racing
reference to the ‘big apple’, which meant
the biggest money prize. Jockeys and
owners then called all competitions in New
York City ‘the Big Apple’ as it was where
the biggest prizes were awarded.QUOTE FOR TODAY
ALL happy families resemble one
another, but each unhappy family is
unhappy in its own way.
Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (1828-1910)
JOKE OF THE DAY
HOW do you fix a broken pizza?
Use tomato paste.
Guess The Definition answer: B.