Millions of office workers enjoy a furtive fag out-of-doors now that many offices are smoke-free.

ECONOMIST: Smoking

Back at home, he had a machine he put tuppence in and a fag came out, like in a pub.

NEWYORKER: Hanwell Senior

With a grand tobacco settlement now a burnt-out fag-end in Washington, the struggle has returned to the courts—and the first big class-action lawsuit by smokers has come to trial.

ECONOMIST: The tobacco wars