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Marshall, importer of segars, Finsbury Park, N4

Urban Sightseeing: #10 Smoke gets in your eyes

Today marks a whole two years since the smoking ban was introduced here. Despite the initial protestations and subversive acts of defiance it has become normal to ‘pop outside for a fag’. And there are some benefits related to smoking; smokers get more exercise than …

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London Shopkeepers Fear Fag Ban

The government’s hypocritical attempts to push smoking towards the brink of criminality – while continuing to rake in a healthy sum in tobacco taxes – reached new depths this week with the announcement that displays of tobacco will be banned from 2012. BBC News has …