Velvet Glove, Iron Fist
Tuesday, 4 August 2026

A nation divided!

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Nineteen years after the hated smoking ban was introduced, more than a third of the public still think smoking should be allowed, in designa...
Friday, 31 July 2026

The ongoing saga of the energy drink sales ban

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You may not care about the freedom of teenagers to buy caffeinated fizzy drinks, but it will not just be children who find things more dif...
Thursday, 30 July 2026

Today's quack science

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 You wait ages for the worst quack science of the year to show up and then two contenders arrive at once.  Read about them on my Substack . 
Tuesday, 28 July 2026

Repeal the smoking ban

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Rupert Lowe, the leader of Restore, incited howls of outrage even from his own supporters this week when he espoused the low-status opinio...
Monday, 27 July 2026

More cash for ASH

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The government has created a £450,000  Tobacco and Vapes Implementation Grant "to support implementation and impact of the Tobacco and...

Inside the Sausage Factory - with Martin Durkin!

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I've been speaking to the great filmmaker Martin Durkin about my book Inside the Sausage Factory . Check it out...
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...
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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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