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Contents Summary The economics literature shows that advertising can increase the sale of individual brands but, in mature markets, does … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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IEA Publications.

Prohibition 2.0: Critiquing the Generational Tobacco Ban

Prohibition 2.0: Critiquing the Generational Tobacco Ban

A Vapid Solution: Why banning disposable e-cigarettes would be a failure of law-enforcement

A Vapid Solution: Why banning disposable e-cigarettes would be a failure of law-enforcement

Alcohol Advertising: What does the evidence show?

Alcohol Advertising: What does the evidence show?

Lockdown Lessons in Health Economics: The case of alcohol

Lockdown Lessons in Health Economics: The case of alcohol

Short term impact of minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland

Short term impact of minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland

To Ban or Not to Ban

To Ban or Not to Ban

Vox Pop

Vox Pop

Nanny State on Tour

Nanny State on Tour

Cooking for Bureaucrats

Cooking for Bureaucrats

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