Lifestyle Economics

Christopher Snowdon quoted in The Times

Ministers are considering forcing the tobacco industry to pay for the full cost disposing of tobacco waste products like cigarette … Continue reading “Ministers consider forcing tobacco industry to pay for cost of clearing up cigarette butts”
Tax and Fiscal Policy

IEA responds to leadership candidate's pledge to review effectiveness of 'sin taxes'

Commenting on Boris Johnson’s pledge, if elected Leader of the Conservative Party, to launch a comprehensive review into the effectiveness … Continue reading “It’s encouraging to see Mr Johnson take a stand against sin taxes”
Lifestyle Economics

Findings from the Nanny State Index 2019

Only three EU countries are worse than Britain when it comes to nanny state interference, according to the latest research. … Continue reading “UK is the best country in the EU for vaping but one of the worst for interference in everything else”
Lifestyle Economics

Christopher Snowdon writes for Spectator Health

The IEA’s Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has written for Spectator Health, in light of the Lancet Commission on … Continue reading “It’s difficult to imagine a more blatantly elitist project than the Lancet Commission on Obesity”
Lifestyle Economics

Christopher Snowdon comments in the Sunday Mirror

The IEA’s Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted by the Sunday Mirror, in light of the Lancet … Continue reading “Bureaucrats and activist shouldn’t be allowed to decide what the public is allowed to eat”
Lifestyle Economics

IEA responds to Lancet report on alcohol control

Responding to an article in The Lancet* calling for a global movement of ‘alcohol control’, Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle … Continue reading “Move for more ‘alcohol control’ is paternalistic & ignores scientific evidence”
Lifestyle Economics

IEA responds to World Health Organisation report on non-communicable diseases

Commenting on the World Health Organisation’s report ‘Time To Deliver’ on non-communicable diseases, Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at … Continue reading “IEA welcomes WHO decision to exclude taxes on food & drink from recommendations”
Lifestyle Economics

Plain packaging has failed to have any effect on smoking rates

Commenting on the two two year anniversary of plain packaging in Australia, Christopher Snowdon, Director of Lifestyle Economics at the … Continue reading “Two years on, all evidence shows that plain packaging has failed in Australia”
Economic Theory

Mark Littlewood discusses a stronger economy for the UK

Thanks so much for inviting me to speak today. And particular thanks for holding your conference this year in Westminster … Continue reading “Speech to UKIP conference: Mark Littlewood, Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs”
Lifestyle Economics

E-cigarettes should be allowed to flourish in a free market

Commenting on the announcement of new regulations for e-cigarettes, Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic … Continue reading “IEA criticises MHRA decision to regulate e-cigarettes as medical products”
Regulation

IEA reacts to New Zealand's government decision bring forward plain packaging

Commenting on the New Zealand government’s decision to put forward legislation on the plain packaging of tobacco, Christopher Snowdon, research … Continue reading “UK should wait before leaping in on the plain packaging of cigarettes”
Regulation

Mark Littlewood comments on Australia's recent tobacco advertising legislation

Commenting on the Australian Parliament effectively passing a bill for plain packaging of tobacco products, Mark Littlewood, Director General of … Continue reading “Australians become global guinea pigs for plain packaging for tobacco”
Research

Controls have proved damaging and counterproductive

Despite UK display ban advocates’ repeated assertions, the empirical evidence does not demonstrate that tobacco display bans have reduced smoking … Continue reading “Canada’s ruinous tobacco display ban: economic and public health lessons”
Communications

Communications Officer and Linda Whetstone Scholar

Reem Ibrahim is the Communications Officer and Linda Whetstone Scholar at the Institute of Economic Affairs. She regularly appears on … Continue reading “Reem Ibrahim”