Lifestyle Economics Archives

The case for lifting prohibitions

11 November 2008

Lifestyle Economics

The case for lifting prohibitions

11 November 2008

The last century has seen a steady expansion of the ‘nanny state’, a process that has arguably accelerated in the … Continue reading

Preposterous to suggest minimum pricing for alcohol

2 June 2010

Lifestyle Economics

Preposterous to suggest minimum pricing for alcohol

2 June 2010

IEA press release responding to NICE recommendation for minimum alcohol price

Responding to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)’s recommendation that a minimum price be introduced for alcohol, Mark Littlewood, … Continue reading

Canada’s ruinous tobacco display ban: economic and public health lessons

1 July 2010

Research

Canada’s ruinous tobacco display ban: economic and public health lessons

Patrick Basham

1 July 2010

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

Prohibitions

4 March 2008

Research

Prohibitions

John Meadowcroft et al.

4 March 2008

Why outlawing particular goods and services is bad public policy

The ‘nanny state’ has expanded in recent years. Politicians and bureaucrats have increasingly sought to restrict what individuals are permitted … Continue reading

Does Advertising Increase Smoking?

20 July 2007

Research

Does Advertising Increase Smoking?

Hugh High

20 July 2007

Professor Hugh High examines the evidence for the effectiveness of advertising bans in reducing consumption.

Attempts to estimate the effects of advertising on sales go back to at least the 1950s and there is now … Continue reading

Winning the War on Drugs: To Legalise or Not?

1 March 1994

Research

Winning the War on Drugs: To Legalise or Not?

Richard Stevenson

1 March 1994

An IEA classic setting out the case for the legalisation of recreational drugs

There seem to be ‘wars on drugs’ everywhere but little sign that they are being won. Richard Stevenson of Liverpool … Continue reading

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IEA Lifestyle Economics.

The case for lifting prohibitions

The case for lifting prohibitions

Preposterous to suggest minimum pricing for alcohol

Preposterous to suggest minimum pricing for alcohol

Canada’s ruinous tobacco display ban: economic and public health lessons

Canada’s ruinous tobacco display ban: economic and public health lessons

Prohibitions

Prohibitions

Does Advertising Increase Smoking?

Does Advertising Increase Smoking?

Winning the War on Drugs: To Legalise or Not?

Winning the War on Drugs: To Legalise or Not?

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