Christopher Snowdon

Christopher Snowdon is the head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs. He is the author of Killjoys, Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism, The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition Since 1800, The Spirit Level Delusion, and, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist. You can find him tweeting at @cjsnowdon

The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients

Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia

Hey, Public Health England, leave our food alone

A new survey of problem gamblers has serious problems of its own

We should give smokers healthier options, not no options

The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life). By George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison

Yet more nonsense from the public health lobby

An engine of innovation has become a puddle of inanity

There is no case for slashing the drink-driving limit

Politicians should be more sceptical about ideology packaged as “public health”