“Public health” doubles down
Prohibitionists are never satisfied
An about-turn on tobacco
Prohibitionists are changing course on cigarettes, and Rishi stands alone
Leave those cigs along
A new tax on rolling tobacco will backfire
The sugar tax leaves a bitter taste
The evidence for an effect on health is dubious to non-existent
The anti-gambling house of cards
Gambling and the simplistic dogma of public health
The evils of Panglossian prohibitionism
Banning the sale of tobacco would increase the black market in cigarettes
Revisionist lockdown history
The public health establishment is being whitewashed over COVID
Ultra-processed fools
More misinformation about so-called UPFs
The poverty of anti-smoking laws
Smokers are not a drain on the economy
Disposable vapes and the race to prohibition
The state should enforce existing rules, not ban disposable vapes
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