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Sin taxes: The high cost of virtue
Dec 28th 2011, 4:03 from Print edition
Britons are cutting back on many vices. Unfortunately, abstinence makes the Treasury grow poorer(10)
Keeping employees healthy: Trim staff, fat profits?
Jul 28th 2011, 11:34 from Print edition
American firms are offering staff carrots to stay fit. Soon they will wield sticks(8)
Air rage: Assault with an edible weapon
Jul 15th 2011, 3:35 from Gulliver
One passenger is arrested for throwing peanuts at a flight attendant(17)
Tobacco regulation: The smoky horror show
Jun 21st 2011, 9:55 from Schumpeter
Governments are going ever more over-the-top in their attempts to scare people from smoking(65)
Intoxication in China: Two new crackdowns. One is working
May 20th 2011, 10:34 from Banyan
China's government clamps down on drunken drivers while smokers elude its grasp(7)
The tobacco industry: The last gasp
Mar 31st 2011, 10:44 from Print edition
For Big Tobacco, South-East Asia is the final frontier(6)
Cigarettes in films: Smoked out
Jan 20th 2011, 10:43 from Print edition
Can a film of a smoker trigger the act?(26)
The World Cup in Beirut: Correspondent's diary: Anyone but Algeria
Jun 24th 2010, 3:20 from Newsbook
Lebanon may have no team in the tournament, but it has gone World Cup crazy nonetheless(0)
Smoking and public health: Breathe easy
Jun 10th 2010, 10:39 from Print edition
The number of heart attacks has fallen since England imposed a smoking ban(13)
Consumption: Smoking is an inferior good (sometimes)
Apr 29th 2010, 7:59 from Free exchange
And it's really expensive(22)
Smoking in Indonesia: Where there's smoke
Apr 29th 2010, 11:22 from Print edition
There’s no fiery religious passion(8)
Link exchange
Jan 21st 2010, 10:35 from Free exchange (1)
Tobacco-related deaths: Out of puff
Oct 29th 2009, 11:11 from Web-only article
Where smoking kills most people(58)
What makes you happy?
Sep 9th 2009, 2:22 from Free exchange
And for how long?(2)
Smoking in Iraq: Butt out, please
Aug 13th 2009, 11:27 from Print edition
Imposing the mother of all cigarette bans(29)
Cracking down on smoking: Marlboro Country no more
Jun 18th 2009, 10:46 from Print edition
A new era for tobacco regulation is born(13)
Anti-smoking activism: Puff by puff, inch by inch
Jun 11th 2009, 11:29 from Print edition(51)
Cigarette consumption: Lighting up
Jun 2nd 2009, 10:44 from Web-only article
Who likes a smoke?(37)
Tobacco taxes: Up in smoke
Apr 7th 2009, 10:32 from Web-only article
Where governments tax cigarettes the most(39)
Nicotine tax: still a good idea
Apr 1st 2009, 5:42 from Free exchange
Really, it's worth trying to limit smoking(8)
Nicotine tax: a false economy?
Apr 1st 2009, 4:37 from Free exchange
Is it really a good idea to try and reduce smoking?(3)
Fine, thank you
Dec 4th 2008, 5:31 from Free exchange
No bans for them, please, they're Dutch(9)
Smoking, governments and health: A wisp of public-spiritedness
Nov 27th 2008, 11:50 from Print edition
Tobacco firms want the right to participate in global efforts to limit the lethal consequences of nicotine addiction—but 160 governments say no(27)
Smokers' rights v children's health
Oct 30th 2008, 4:12 from Certain ideas of Europe
A debate over where to draw the line(7)
Smoking in Germany: Bans up
Jul 24th 2008, 1:04 from Print edition
The constitutional court is to rule on the legality of German smoking bans(16)