Christopher Snowdon Explained

Christopher Snowdon should not be confused with Christopher Snowden.

Christopher John Snowdon is a British author and freelance journalist. He is particularly known as a vocal opponent of government intervention in areas such as tobacco, alcohol, and obesity.

Early life

Snowdon was born in North Yorkshire in 1976 and studied history at Lancaster University, graduating in 1998.

Career

He has written for the Spiked website, The Daily Telegraph[1] and The Spectator,[2] as well as the Conservative Home website. Snowdon is "Head of Lifestyle Economics" at the Institute of Economic Affairs,[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] a free market think tank that receives funding from sources such as BP,[8] the gambling industry,[8] British American Tobacco,[9] [10] the alcohol industry, food industry, and sugar industry.[11]

Personal life

He lives in Sussex with his wife and daughter.[12]

Works

His first book, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist (2009), is a history of anti-smoking activity from the fifteenth century to the present day.[13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Christopher Snowdon . The Telegraph . 20 September 2023 . en . 19 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Christopher Snowdon, Author at The Spectator . The Spectator . 20 September 2023 . 29 August 2023.
  3. Web site: THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS LIMITED. Charity Commission for England and Wales. 18 August 2023.
  4. News: Why is the UK economy lagging behind the US, Germany and others?. BBC News . 18 February 2023 . 18 August 2023.
  5. Web site: Christopher Snowdon. Institute of Economic Affairs. 11 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Lifestyle Economics. Institute of Economic Affairs. 6 July 2016 . 15 November 2022.
  7. Web site: christopher snowdon . unfilteredonline.com . 20 September 2023.
  8. News: BP and gambling interests fund secretive free market think tank the IEA . Carter . Lawrence . Ross . Alice . 30 July 2018 . Unearthed . . September 30, 2023 .
  9. Gornall . Jonathan . 15 May 2019 . Big tobacco, the new politics, and the threat to public health . . 365 . l2164 . 10.1136/bmj.l2164 . 0959-8138 . 31092403 . 155102371 .
  10. News: Big tobacco secretly bankrolling anti-NHS think tank whose bosses donate thousands to Tory leadership contenders, investigation reveals . Matthews-King . Alex . 16 May 2019 . . 16 May 2019 .
  11. Book: Impact of Market Forces on Addictive Substances and Behaviours: The web of influence of addictive industries. . Miller . David . Harkins . Claire . Schlögl . Matthias . Montague . Brendan . Oxford University Press . 2017 . 9780198753261 . 102–108 .
  12. Web site: Christopher Snowdon. The Great Debate. 15 November 2022.
  13. Web site: Fitzpatrick . Michael . Michael Fitzpatrick (physician). [<!-- http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/7641 -->https://www.spiked-online.com/2009/10/30/the-anti-smoking-truth-regime-that-cannot-be-questioned/ The anti-smoking 'truth regime' that cannot be questioned]. Spiked. 1 August 2013. 11 January 2022.
  14. News: Anti-smoking activism - Puff by puff, inch by inch. The Economist. 11 June 2009. 11 January 2022.
  15. News: Blowing Smoke at a Ban. New York Times. 31 December 2009. 11 January 2022.
  16. News: Lyons . Rob . Puritanism disguised as science . 20 September 2023 . Spiked review of books . June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090630084204/https://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/7085/ . 30 June 2009.
  17. Web site: COP10 - Experts . . 20 September 2023 . 20 July 2023.
  18. Web site: Snowdon . Christopher . Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism . . 20 September 2023.
  19. Web site: Snowdon . Christopher . Killjoys: A Critique of Paternalism . . 20 September 2023 . 2017-11-10.

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