the attitude of king james i toward tobacco Did you know...... VI Scotland and of England died on this day in 1625. In 1604, he wrote 'A Counterblaste on Tobacco', one of earliest anti-tobacco writings King James I quote: Smoking

10.1136/bmj.297.6656.1106 Acknowledgement We thank Dr Richard Stern from the University Hospital of Geneva for assistance in the preparation of the manuscript

(laughter) The dead members of the Oulipo are still members, and when we list our members we list Queneau, Le Lionnais, Perec, Latis, Luc tienne, Nol Arnaud, Jean Queval, Jean Lescure, Jacques Bens, Franois Caradec, Marcel Duchamp, Italo Calvino, Oskar Pastior, Albert Marie-Schmidt, and Andr Blavier as well as those of us who are still alive

Light up: Compressed tobaccos usually need two flames - such as the Three Nuns - Green

He had intended studying physics at Oxford, but was called up to join the army at the outbreak of the First World War instead

Before we learn how smoke and fire can help us keep mosquitoes away, it will be helpful to know how mosquitoes find us in the first place