I've been studying policy-making a lot recently, contrasting the economist's public choice approach with the activist-academics'...

I've written about the push towards 'no safe level' for alcohol for Spectator USA .   In December, the National Academies of Sci...

ASH want to ban cigarette filters and various other things. They're completely out of control. They even want a consultation on banning ...

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...