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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The number of empty shops in Scarborough is 5% above the national average but councillors are optimistic for the future.
Not sustainable and not fair. That's the view of one councillor on planned government cuts to special educational needs funding in the East Riding.
A person was safely recovered after becoming trapped in the mud at Whitby Harbour earlier, in what officials have described as a "worrying experience" that required a swift multi-agency response.
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