The Scarborough and Ryedale area is the highest in North Yorkshire for smoking prevalence, by percentage of the population.
However, allaying councillors' fears- there isn't a big rise in young people taking up tobacco smoking.
Scott Chapman is from North Yorkshire Council:
Scott allayed councillors' fears that the problem was with youths:
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