Smoking

Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.

The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under

Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour

Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism

Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits

“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant

Does one risky lifestyle choice lead to another or are some people just different?

The campaign against vaping has been miserably counter-productive

A struggling government turns to prohibition and regulation; a restless public may yet rediscover its taste for freedom.

The Office for Budget Responsibility is doing an impossible job very badly