Christopher Snowdon

Christopher Snowdon is the head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs. He is the author of Killjoys, Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism, The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition Since 1800, The Spirit Level Delusion, and, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist. You can find him tweeting at @cjsnowdon

Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality

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There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers

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A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act

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To have a law does not mean that it will be respected

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People have short memories about the MMR scare

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It implies that there is no particular need to panic

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There is no good evidence that adverts for alcohol increase consumption

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Want to be poorer and less free? Do we have an ideology for you

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A trip down the medical memory lane

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People are not going to buy a product they don’t like

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