Velvet Glove, Iron Fist
Thursday, 23 July 2026

Twice as many people buying illegal tobacco since 2023

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From The Independent … Sales of illegal cigarettes soar as cost of living crisis bites The proportion of smokers purchasing cheap cigarettes...
Wednesday, 22 July 2026

Alcohol cancer warnings - why?

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Interesting article in The Drinks Business about alcohol cancer labels...   “Throughout the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s tobacco control wa...
Friday, 17 July 2026

How to get things banned

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As I have argued before , the anti-smoking lobby created a playbook which has become the Bible of the anti-obesity, anti-alcohol and anti-...
Monday, 13 July 2026

Ultra-processed documentary

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I was invited to provide some balance to a short documentary on ultra-processed food recently. The programme was broadcast by Al Jazeera on ...
Thursday, 2 July 2026

End the licence fee to save the BBC

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T here is a new element to the BBC’s World Cup coverage this year. At some point in every match, the commentator will earnestly remind vie...
Thursday, 25 June 2026

HMRC is still downplaying the illicit trade

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HMRC put the latest tobacco tax gap estimates out on Tuesday. As with the previous few years, they defy both belief and mathematics. Only 1...
Tuesday, 23 June 2026

The world won't listen

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I spoke to Rohan Pike, the founder of the Australian Border Force’s Tobacco Strike Team, about his country’s black market tobacco nightmare....
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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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