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

It implies that there is no particular need to panic

There is no good evidence that adverts for alcohol increase consumption

Want to be poorer and less free? Do we have an ideology for you

A trip down the medical memory lane

People are not going to buy a product they don’t like

The sugar tax has not worked as intended

Prohibitionists are changing course on cigarettes, and Rishi stands alone

A new tax on rolling tobacco will backfire

The evidence for an effect on health is dubious to non-existent