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

ECONOMIST: Smoking

Further to this, the lack of support in getting people to put their fag out is probably not as a result of fear of intimidation - it might just be that only a tiny minority of people actually care.

BBC: TRAPPED BY INCONSIDERATE SMOKERS

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