demerit goods discussion

costs and benefits of alcohol

social cost of alcohol

http://www.eurocare.org/ (alcohol policy)

uk govt investigation:
summary


smoking banned in private places: http://reason.tv/video/show/577.html
talking butts 25 min documentary on smoking: http://reason.tv./video/show/179.html
the sunny side of the truth at thetruth.com: http://www.thetruth.com/videos/
drinking age debate: http://reason.com/news/show/128200.html
nanny state issues: http://reason.com/topics/topic/227.html

sin taxes are compounded by rising input costs to mean that Britains are leaving the public house for more private consumption. Does this mean the one external benefit of drinking "social lubrication" is being lost?
this graphic from the guardian breaks down the price of beer: http://www.guardian.co.uk/graphic/0,,2213708,00.html
related article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2213809,00.html

the smoking ban in bohemian Berlin doesn't go down too well: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2243763,00.html

in the US the Environemental Protection Agency (EPA) has a handout highlighting the dangers of second hand smoke (in English and Spanish): http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/pdfs/trifold_brochure.pdf

Smoking, Drinking and pregnancy:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7867664.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7340401.stm

alcohol ban during prgnancy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7312708.stm

Cannabis:
reclasification:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7845023.stm
teen view
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7850588.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7847000/7847991.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/the_p_word/newsid_7847000/7847989.stm