The Snowdon Substack

A smoking hot black market

Why doesn't the government want to know how big the illicit tobacco trade really is?

Mar 30 • Christopher Snowdon

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Secondhand vaping: the (lack of) evidence

A deep dive into the evidence on passive vaping

Mar 11 • Christopher Snowdon

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February 2026

Australia's black market nightmare

Things have got so bad that even the Tobacco Taliban have had to wake up

Feb 16 • Christopher Snowdon

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A vaping ban in the UK?

Why is the government so desperate for me to smoke cigarettes?

Feb 13 • Christopher Snowdon

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January 2026

We still need to talk about Lucy

Anyone would think there was a Netflix documentary coming out

Jan 31 • Christopher Snowdon

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Can 'public health' be ethical?

The ends do not justify the means

Jan 30 • Christopher Snowdon

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The gene delusion

Mendelian Randomisation is running out of road in alcohol research

Jan 22 • Christopher Snowdon

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At the 'public health' trough

Another £3 million of taxpayers' money down the pit

Jan 19 • Christopher Snowdon

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Anti-alcohol academics smoked out

An attempt to rig the US's drinking guidelines has failed spectacularly

Jan 9 • Christopher Snowdon

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The Stakeholder State

Repeal, repeal, repeal

Jan 6 • Christopher Snowdon

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November 2025

Do the WHO's "best buys" work?

Neo-temperance measures are not evidence-based

Nov 28, 2025 • Christopher Snowdon

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Right next door to Hell

I'm going to Geneva to shadow a WHO conference

Nov 16, 2025 • Christopher Snowdon

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