‘Excuse me, Miss, but you can’t smoke that in here’, is a phrase I’ve grown accustomed to hearing. I’ve been … Continue reading “It’s my party and I’ll vape if I want to”

The technological breakthrough of e-cigarettes has placed the medical establishment and taxpayer-funded public health advocates in a bit of a … Continue reading “Don’t turn e-cigarettes into another tool of the state health nannies”

Sugar is much in the news at the moment, with the British Medical Association calling for a tax on sugary … Continue reading “Why the government shouldn’t intervene in the sugar market”

The recent suggestion by the chief medical officer Sally Davies that ‘we may need to introduce a sugar tax’ is … Continue reading “Resist temptation: a sugar tax won’t make us healthy”

The following letter has been written in response to ‘Under the influence’, an article by Jonathan Gornall which appeared in … Continue reading “Minimum alcohol pricing: a response to the British Medical Journal”

It is brave for a lobby group that has a long track record of using dodgy surveys, junk science and … Continue reading “Alcohol Concern sticks to the ideology”

Doctors just can’t help trying to save people, it seems. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, which brings together the … Continue reading “Médecins sans frontières”

Public health regulations frequently serve exclusively to prevent legal capitalistic acts between consenting adults. But the fact that prohibition’s history … Continue reading “Pssst! Wanna boost kids’ smoking? Have a display ban!”

Alcohol consumption is now a major problem in British society. Drunken teenagers are running rampant in our town centres. Accident … Continue reading “Don’t lecture the drinkers, just make them responsible”