This is the fourth in a series of articles about how ideological interest groups react when their institutional preferences are … Continue reading “Not Invented Here #4 – Smoking”

A study published in JAMA Pediatrics this week looked a ban on e-cigarette flavours implemented in San Francisco on 1 … Continue reading “The empirical evidence is clear: anti-vaping policies are pro-tobacco policies”

It’s easy to dismiss ‘nanny state’ regulation as a minor nuisance but the underlying paternalism of those who wish to … Continue reading “Why can’t nanny state campaigners at least admit that they’re anti-liberal paternalists?”

E-cigarettes have become by far the most popular smoking cessation aid in the UK, helping hundreds of thousands of people … Continue reading “When it comes to e-cigs, harm reduction must be the order of the day”

Plain packaging has arrived. As of May this year, all cigarette packets must be standardised, with the same murky green … Continue reading “Economic theory – and common sense – suggest that plain cigarette packaging won’t work”

Last night we learned that the government plans to change the law to ensure that cigarettes are sold in plain … Continue reading “Plain packaging of tobacco will simply boost the black market”

This morning I was on the radio discussing electronic cigarettes in response to a headteacher banning their use at Blatchington … Continue reading “E-cigarettes and the gateway hypothesis”

Yesterday saw the US Chamber of Commerce, the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue, the Emergency Committee for American Trade, the National Association … Continue reading “Plain packaging laws undermine intellectual property”

Should the NHS bribe people into leading healthy lives? Should there be cash incentives paid out when people eat less … Continue reading “Talk is cheap: do smokers really want to quit?”