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William Gibson's 2003 novel Pattern Recognition features a marketing consultant called Cayce Pollard whose hypersensitivity to corporate logos and brands makes her a valued commodity

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The bottom line on French cigarettes Frequently asked questions about French cigarettes A short history of French cigarettes Tobacco arrived in France in 1560, brought to the royal court by a diplomat named Jean Nicot whose surname lives on in the word nicotine. For centuries it was sold as a semi-medicinal curiosity, but the French state quickly recognised its fiscal value and built a tightly regulated tobacco monopoly that, in various forms, still exists today

The legislation which will ban anyone born after 2008 from ever legally buying cigarettes was described by ministers as a landmark public health intervention

He swore he'd never go back, but here he is just as addicted as ever and desperate to stop,' said the insider