Sex trafficking: a futile war of statistics
Denis MacShane: The descent of a Newsnight discussion on the sex trade into a shouting match shows how difficult it is to debate the issue
Birmingham NHS Trust launches Rankin anti-smoking viral ad
Rankin ad showing a smoker being attacked by an invisible assailant launches online. By Chris Tryhorn
Lost in the clouds
Mark Lawson: To censor pictures of the famous holding cigarettes betrays a curious idea of what makes people smoke
Battle of the breakfast table as cereal makers fight health warning TV ads
Food Standards Agency to highlight fact 75% of salt eaten is in cereals, tomato ketchup, ready-made soup and bread
A restraint too far
Peter Preston: Calls for a ban on alcohol advertising are wide of the mark. We need more education and persuasion
All sex, no substance
Bidisha: A graphic new German anti-Aids advert is not useful or enlightening. But then public health campaigns are tricky
HIV doesn’t always kill
Elizabeth Pisani: I object to an advert that likens the virus to a mass murderer. And I'm sure taxpayers will agree
Abortion ad rules review delayed
Controversial report held back after more than 4,000 submissions received by regulators. By Mark Sweney
Big is now beautiful for models on the catwalk
The 'size zero' debate erupted in 2006 when two models starved to death. Now runway stars Crystal Renn and Inga Eiriksdottir tell how the curvier, natural look has taken off
Now you see it, now you don’t
Pictures of models and celebrities are routinely altered to rid them of every 'flaw'. So much so, that when a woman with a tummy appeared in a US fashion magazine it attracted global attention. Could the airbrushers' days finally be numbered?