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'I couldn't deal with fire in my mouth': How losing his mum inspired Pat Karney's crusade to ban smoking
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Manchester Evening News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 25 Oct 2026, 17:21 UTC. The headline in use is “'I couldn't deal with fire in my mouth': How losing his mum inspired Pat Karney's crusade to ban smoking”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Following the death of Cllr Pat Karney aged 78, John Scheerhout examines the personal tragedy that drove one of his greatest political legacies - leading the crusade that made Manchester, and eventually England, smoke-free.
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