Velvet Glove, Iron Fist
Friday, 11 July 2025

HMRC greatly underestimates the black market in tobacco

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Since writing about HMRC's implausible claim that only 6.9% of cigarettes in the UK were 'non-duty paid' in 2022/23, they have ...
Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Following Australia down the road to ruin

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I've written about the Tobacco and Vapes Bill for the Telegraph . We must never forget how stupid and reckless this legislation is.   Il...
Monday, 7 July 2025

The commercial determinants of health?

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I've written a two-parter on my Substack about an issue of a journal, guest edited by Chris van Tulleken, dedicated to the "commerc...
Friday, 27 June 2025

Alcohol advertising ban on the way?

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The government is reportedly looking at a ban on alcohol advertising, although on current trends it will probably do a U-turn on that too. I...
Thursday, 12 June 2025

European Commission comes after vapers again

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A leaked document reveals that the European Commission has some dramatic plans for EU-wide taxes on vapes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouch...
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Monday, 9 June 2025

We're doctors, we say what we want

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Ian Gilmore has been mouthing off in the letters section of the Financial Times.  I have written about it for The Critic ...   Prof Ian Gilm...
Friday, 6 June 2025

Snowdon on Fire at Will

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I returned to the Spectator's Fire at Will podcast this week with Will Kingston, talking the nanny state. And you can hear more from Wil...
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Christopher Snowdon
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Writer and researcher at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Blogging in a personal capacity. Author of Polemics (2020), Killjoys (2017), Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism (2015), The Art of Suppression (2011), The Spirit Level Delusion (2010) and Velvet Glove, Iron Fist (2009).
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