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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Cavegirls were first blondes to have fun - Sunday Times - Times Online

Cavegirls were first blondes to have fun - Sunday Times - Times Online: "THE modern gentleman may prefer blondes. But new research has found that it was cavemen who were the first to be lured by flaxen locks."

spiked-health | Article | The stigma of smoking

spiked-health | Article | The stigma of smoking: "In the era of evidence-based policy, it is worth noting that there is little evidence to suggest that more coercive anti-smoking policies are likely to be successful. The shift from the approach of providing public information on the dangers of smoking in the 1970s and 80s, to the bans and proscriptions - and the promotion of medicalised 'smoking cessation' therapies, such as nicotine replacement - that have become increasingly prevalent since the 1990s, has produced diminishing returns.The debate on the smoking ban revealed the childlike character of political discourse"