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Alcohol Advertising: What does the evidence show?

27 July 2023
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Alcohol Advertising: What does the evidence show?

Christopher Snowdon
27 July 2023
Contents Summary The economics literature shows that advertising can increase the sale of individual brands but, in mature markets, does … Continue reading “Alcohol Advertising: What does the evidence show?”
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Lockdown Lessons in Health Economics: The case of alcohol

22 June 2022
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Lockdown Lessons in Health Economics: The case of alcohol

Christopher Snowdon
22 June 2022
Summary According to a popular theory in public health, limiting the availability, affordability and advertising of alcohol reduces per capita … Continue reading “Lockdown Lessons in Health Economics: The case of alcohol”
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Short term impact of minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland

9 April 2020
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Short term impact of minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland

Christopher Snowdon
9 April 2020
Summary Advocates of minimum pricing predicted that it would have an almost immediate impact in Scotland, with modelling forecasting 58 … Continue reading “Short term impact of minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland”
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To Ban or Not to Ban

1 February 2020
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To Ban or Not to Ban

Tim Worstall
1 February 2020

A critique of paternalism

A ban on opening a new supermarket is evidence that people want a new supermarket, for if they did not … Continue reading “To Ban or Not to Ban”
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Vox Pop

31 December 2019
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Vox Pop

Christopher Snowdon
31 December 2019

Why banning energy drinks doesn't make sense

The government has proposed a ban on the sale of energy drinks to minors on the basis that these products … Continue reading “Vox Pop”
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Nanny State on Tour

14 November 2019
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Nanny State on Tour

Mark Tovey
14 November 2019
This study calculates how much UK foreign aid was spent (in 2018 prices) on lifestyle interventions targeting smoking, drinking, eating … Continue reading “Nanny State on Tour”
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Cooking for Bureaucrats

16 August 2019
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Cooking for Bureaucrats

16 August 2019

Why the policy of food reformulation is hard to stomach

Under the UK government’s policy of ‘reformulation’, food products are subject to government targets for the reduction of salt, sugar … Continue reading “Cooking for Bureaucrats”
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A Load of Rubbish? Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme to the UK

14 April 2019
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A Load of Rubbish? Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme to the UK

Christopher Snowdon
14 April 2019

Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme to the UK

Summary: A UK-wide deposit return scheme (DRS) can be expected to increase recycling rates for beverage bottles and cans from … Continue reading “A Load of Rubbish? Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme to the UK”
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What is junk food?

8 March 2019
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What is junk food?

Christopher Snowdon
8 March 2019

IEA releases report on junk food and its definition

Summary: The term ‘junk food’ has no legal definition and its use by campaigners gives a misleading impression of how … Continue reading “What is junk food?”
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