Christopher Snowdon
@cjsnowdon
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Vice-president of a snooker club and doctor of economics. IEA. Views my own.
Sussex
Joined May 2010
A lot of nonsmoking drinkers quite enjoyed the thin end of the wedge. They won’t like the thick end so much.
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Survey results here: .Why the Gambling Commission's survey is deeply flawed here:
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New Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey finds that the problem gambling rate in England is 0.4%, in line with every other survey for 25 years except the Gambling Commission's ridiculous new online survey.
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The commercial determinants of health (part one) | Snowdon Substack
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Chris van Tulleken has guest edited a health journal. I read it so you don't have to. Link below.
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E-mail at the Department of Health when they saw that the Khan Review was going to recommend a generational tobacco ban.
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RT @TheCriticMag: No amount of marketing is going to make diabetic biscuits popular, writes @cjsnowdon
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The alcohol section looks cobbled together at the last minute. So much for evidence-based policy!
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The claim about warning labels working in South Korea cites Movendi as a reference. Movendi is also a temperance group (formerly known as the International Order of Good Templars). As the title of the study indicates, it has nothing to do with warning labels. AFAICS, the Korean
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The lead author of that study worked at the Institute of Alcohol Studies at the time. He now works at the Treasury (small world!).
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The claim about 4% of people drinking 30% of the alcohol could be true (so what if it is?), but the reference is a laughably bad study that totally misunderstands how business works. I wrote about it here:
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The claim about "societal costs" comes from a webpage of the Institute of Alcohol Studies, an offshoot of the UK Alliance whose mission is "to spread the principles of total abstinence from alcoholic drinks". It is the IAS's own estimate. They provide no reference.
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The alcohol section of the government's 10 Year Plan for the NHS is sloppily referenced and leans on claims from the temperance lobby. 🧵
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RT @RobertBuckland: A packed and lively event @iealondon yesterday talking #TobaccoAndVapesBill with @ReemAmirIbrahim, @cjsnowdon & @Clive_….
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RT @NannyFreeState: The BBC has been faithfully reporting quacks saying that the illicit trade is an industry fabrication for years. Great….
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✔️ “Rapporteur”.✔️ Lawyer.✔️ Massive glasses
UN expert calls for companies to stop doing business with Israel
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