Link Tank 16/11

The top link plus comments is a must-read (from California, natch).

For the first time ever, authority proposes ban on smoking in detached homes

"Does McDonald's belong in a children's hospital?", asks doctor, with surprising impartiality

Swedish hotel made of frozen water ordered to install fire alarms (pic)

"Politicians these days are no more credible a role model for the world’s impressionable youth than are, say, estate agents or porn movie actors"

Plain packaging for politicians – how else can we save our children?

Spanish cyclist fined €100 for eating croissant

Britain’s crazy prostitution laws

"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy"

Kings of Leon star falls foul of UAE's daft e-cig ban

Monkeys relax with touch screens, err, unlike humans