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

An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing

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The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point

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Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism

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Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware

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The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights

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Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality

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There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers

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A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act

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To have a law does not mean that it will be respected

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People have short memories about the MMR scare

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