How hip images of smoking entice youths
By Tara Parker-Pope
The Wall Street Journal Europe
22 May 2007

ON A RECENT EPISODE of the hit TV show “America’s Next Top Model,” the model hopefuls were shown lounging by the pool and puffing away on cigarettes. It was a jarring image, particularly for a show that has an unusually high viewership of preteen and... read more...

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Spend, spend, spend: Britons lap up the high life
Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent
The Guardian
16 May 2007

Britain has become a nation of unashamed big spenders, according to a report today which reveals that the country’s thirst for the high life and luxury goods and services last year propelled consumer spending to a record £1.09 trillion. And our... read more...

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The question Do you read your post?
Tim Dowling
The Guardian
10 May 2007

Facing a 45-day jail sentence for driving on a suspended licence, Paris Hilton told a judge that she was unaware of the ban because she never read her mail. “I have people to do that for me,” she said, suggesting a level of remove from normal life that... read more...

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