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They cost up to $20 a packet, carry stomach-churning health warnings and have become so socially unpalatable, retailers are forced to keep them under the counter.
George Monbiot: We should not fear some Orwellian future state where we're subjected to total electronic scrutiny – it's our present reality
Companies making use of offshore secrecy include firm that supplied surveillance software used by repressive regimes