Smoking

Plain packaging, bigger picture Monday January 30, 2012 Chris Snowdon says that Australia’s ban on tobacco branding will have little impact in itself. It’s what follows that is the real deal.

Tobacco decanting, government recanting Tuesday January 17, 2012 Tom Miers wonders if the ‘plain packaging’ measure will be self-defeating

The smoking ban steeplechase Monday December 5, 2011 Brian Monteith predicts which UK assembly will win the race to ban smoking in cars

Dimming the silver screen Friday October 7, 2011 Attempts to restrict smoking in films sets an absurd precedent for artistic censorship, says Tom Miers

Arab liberty goes up in smoke Tuesday September 13, 2011 Rania Hafez describes how the Western-style nanny state is the new threat to individual freedom in the Middle East

Ban on smoking in cars the next 'logical step'? Tuesday September 6, 2011 Brian Monteith warns that smokers are to be further stigmatised as a softening up exercise before the smoking ban is extended to include all private vehicles

Planning for prohibition Monday August 15, 2011 The anti-tobacco lobby is developing plans to prohibit smoking altogether. Chris Snowden exposes a covert strategy and its flawed thinking.

The battle of Stony Stratford Friday July 22, 2011 A fascinating skirmish has taken place in the campaign for civil liberties in Britain. A councillor’s attempt to ban smoking outside has been roundly beaten. But Tom Miers warns that the enemies of freedom will regroup fast.

Welshing on personal responsibility Wednesday June 8, 2011 Tom Miers reads the Welsh Assembly Government’s ‘Action Plan’ on tobacco and laments the ever-growing intrusiveness of bureaucracies large and small

Important questions about the state of civil liberties in Britain Thursday June 2, 2011 Chris Snowdon reviews a new report, Civil Liberties: Up In Smoke, by Simon Davies of Privacy International