The tobacco ban went through the House of Commons today. Barely anyone even noticed. It will take years for it to bite, by which time taxes ...

Smoking is on the up in the south of England, according to a study this week. Perhaps it is. We'll see. It wouldn't be surprising fo...

This week, the IEA published Not Invented Here , a short book looking at why single-issue pressure groups often object to practical solution...

The UK sugar tax has had an unexpected consequence for health.   A  study in  Archives of Disease in Childhood  identified 21 cases of chi...

I've returned to the topic of bad obesity predictions for The Critic .   What is the purpose of pointless projections that are so bad t...

I've been reading the transcripts of various interviews with British politicians conducted by Henry Dimbleby and Dolly van Tulleken. The...

  Millions of consumers are routinely impoverished and have their freedoms taken away by tiny pressure groups. How does it happen and what c...