The Telegraph has reported the annual IEA research paper The Nanny State Index 2021, authored by Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon, which ranks thirty European nations in terms of their regulation of lifestyle activities like drinking and smoking. The list establishes the most ‘nannying’ nations and the countries which give the greatest freedom to their citizens.

The article states that: “Government levies on sugary drinks and alcohol have left Britain paying more in so-called “sin taxes”  than any major European country“.

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