Call the Surgeon General

In response to last year's enlarged smoking ban in the UK, London's Tank Books produced a series of literary classics packaged in cigarette boxes. Titles by Conrad, Kipling, and Kafka are among the works available to nicotine-deprived readers. They call the books "Tales to Take Your Breath Away."

Now from The Guardian comes word that British American Tobacco is suing the designers over a package that BAT says is too close to its own Lucky Strikes. It's the book on the far right of the picture above: The Snows of Kilimanjaro. There's no word yet on when a Hemingway patch might be available for Brits whose testosterone dips below acceptable levels.--David E