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Christopher Snowdon is the head of lifestyle economics at the\\xa0Institute of Economic Affairs. His research focuses on social freedoms, prohibition and policy-based evidence.\\xa0He is a regular columnist for the\\xa0Spectator Health blog, where his article on March 28, 2019 \\u201cThe campaign to make alcohol \\u2018the new tobacco\\u2019\\u201d caught my eye.\\xa0

Christopher Snowden, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the IEA

In this show, Chris and I discuss the new narratives that the UK Chief Medical Officers and others in positions of power in public health are pushing out to the public. We dig into the problems with these studies, namely that the claims are relatively baseless and the research is skewed, and we talk about possible trajectories for Neo-temperance and the importance of vigilance and questioning the claims and the motives of these claims.

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The show notes are simple this week: his two articles --

• \\u201cThe campaign to make alcohol \\u2018the new tobacco\\u2019\\u201d\\xa0March 28, 2019
• "A glass of wine won\'t shorten your life -- moderate drinking is still good for you"\\xa0April 17, 2018

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More on Chris: Snowdon is author of five books: \'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). He has also written more than a dozen reports for the Institute of Economic Affairs including \\u2018Drinking, Fast and Slow\\u2019, \\u2018and \\u2018Closing Time: Who\\u2019s killing the British pub?\\u2019. He blogs at\\xa0Velvet Glove, Iron Fist.

I made reference to the podcast we did about my experience drinking while pregnant. Here\'s the link!

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