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Why the plain packaging consultation is deeply flawed
Patrick Basham and John Luik
9 July 2012
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The long-awaited UK consultation on plain packaging was announced by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley in April and will end next month. The Conservatives, who had strongly opposed both tobacco...
An unhealthy nudge
Patrick Basham
9 December 2010
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Notwithstanding David Cameron’s infatuation with nudging, the in-vogue tool would appear to have little merit as a guiding principle of policymaking. The Department of Health’s new...
Pssst! Wanna boost kids’ smoking? Have a display ban!
Patrick Basham
15 July 2010
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Public health regulations frequently serve exclusively to prevent legal capitalistic acts between consenting adults. But the fact that prohibition’s history is a history of failure never stops...

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