Contents Summary The UK government is proposing a generational ban on tobacco sales to anyone born after 2008, overturning the … Continue reading “Prohibition 2.0: Critiquing the Generational Tobacco Ban”

The government’s generational smoking ban will syphon billions of pounds from government coffers to criminal gangs. The UK government receives … Continue reading “Tobacco ban will fuel black market, says new IEA paper”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted in DailyMail responding to New Zealand’s U-turn on its smoking … Continue reading “A Pipe Dream Bound to Fail”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted in The Express, responding to calls for Rishi Sunik to … Continue reading “Smoking ban – up in smoke”

Commenting on New Zealand’s incoming government’s decision to repeal the generational tobacco ban, Christopher Snowdon, head of lifestyle economics at … Continue reading “New Zealand abandons tobacco ban, Rishi Sunak now stands alone”

Commenting on the King’s Speech, Mark Littlewood, Director General of the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, … Continue reading “King’s Speech ‘heavy on intervention, light on liberalisation’”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted in Money Week, responding to the fears surrounding nudging and … Continue reading “Nudge comes to shove”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted in The Sun responding to calls for cigarette-style warnings about … Continue reading “The slippery slope continues”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted in The Daily Telegraph criticising Health Education England’s new advice … Continue reading “The NHS’s ‘two-tiered system’”