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Martin Vlachynský & Matej Bárta // 5 September 2023
Singapore’s healthcare system is the most efficient in the world, according to the latest Bloomberg health systems ranking; further, according to the Economist Intelligence …
15 March 2023
Work is underway at the European Union to develop a third Tobacco Products Directive. This briefing outlines a number of simple measures that could …
17 November 2020
The reunification of West Germany and East Germany took place 30 years ago, ending a period of around 45 years during which Germany had …
Charity Tyne // 13 August 2020
During the first of two briefings on Covid-19 in his state, New York governor Andrew Cuomo stated: “If it is public health or the …
Louis Kill-Brown // 30 April 2020
Much of the WHO rhetoric on COVID-19 has treated the pandemic as an unavoidable, natural disaster devoid of blame – this is …
17 April 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious challenge for societies around the world. In response to it not only individuals are changing their behaviour, but …
21 November 2017
Food and soft drinks manufacturers are continually reformulating their products and bringing new products to market in response to consumer demand. In recent years, …
Christopher Snowdon // 10 May 2017
Today sees the publication of the 2017 edition of the Nanny State Index, a league table of the best and worst places in the …
10 May 2017
The EPICENTER Nanny State Index is the only comprehensive league table of lifestyle regulations. The latest data suggest that the EU is becoming a …
10th May 2017 The Nanny State Index (NSI) is a league table of the worst places in the European Union to eat, drink, smoke and …
2 March 2017
It is widely believed that healthy eating is relatively expensive whereas ‘junk food’ is relatively cheap. This has led to an assumption that poor diets …
23 January 2017
This is the first study to estimate the annual savings that overweight and obese people bring UK taxpayers by dying prematurely (in 2016 prices). …
18 October, 2016 Permissionless Innovation Scientific research has made important breakthroughs in harm reduction in recent years. In the field of alcohol consumption, …
18 October, 2016 Geographical Indications According the European Commission, a Geographical Indication (GI) is “a distinctive sign used to identify a product …
Adam Bartha, EPICENTER // 21.10.2016
Innov8, our conference about innovation in various fields from science & tech to agriculture, took place in Brussels this week and provided a stimulating platform …
Philip Booth // 16.09.2016 This article is based on a presentation Prof Booth gave at the Autumn University of the Alliance of European Conservatives …
25 May 2016 The new Tobacco Products Directive (TPD2) dramatically tightens regulation of cigarettes, rolling tobacco and e-cigarettes. Yet, it is unclear that it …
Christopher Snowdon // 23.12.2015 The European Court of Justice has today ruled that minimum pricing for alcohol is illegal if less restrictive measures, such …
Christopher Snowdon, October 2015 In October 2015, David Cameron said: “Britain has the lowest social mobility in the developed world.” No such …
Frédéric Sautet, September 2015 Following a series of volume decreases in sales of traditional cigarettes in France, sales appear to be stabilizing …
15 September 2015 From 2016, e-cigarettes will face additional regulation under Article 20 of the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). Given that non-smokers …
Frédéric Sautet, March 2015 Long denigrated and accused of every imaginable evil, the tobacco market is undergoing a renaissance with innovations that …
Christopher Snowdon, October 2014 Dealing with public health challenges requires some degree of government action to protect the population from contagious diseases and …
Frédéric Sautet, Institut Economique Molinari, October 2014 It is vital to understand that the impact of nutrition taxes on the consumption of …
Frédéric Sautet, September 2014 Excess weight and obesity have been on the rise for more than 40 years in many countries around the world. …
John C. Duffy and Christopher Snowdon, June 2014 Alcohol policy in Britain and many other countries aims to reduce per capita alcohol …
Lithuanian Free Market Institute, March 2014 LFMI made a thorough analysis of European Commission’s proposal for the Tobacco directive (2001/37/EC), related public …
Valentin Petkantchin, March 2014 So‐called “sin” taxes are very much in fashion in France and elsewhere. With the aim of reducing “sinful” …
Christopher Snowdon, IEA, May 2013 Denmark’s fat tax remains the leading example of an ambitious anti-obesity policy being tested in the real …
Gabriel H. Sahlgren, IEA , May 2013 Higher state pension ages are not only possible (given longer life expectancy) and desirable (given …
Ivar Virgin, Timbro, April 2013 By 2050 the world will need to produce almost twice as much food and feed in the …
Waldemar Ingdahl, Timbro, June 2012 Every year, between 180 and 260 people in Sweden die as a result of antibiotic resistance. Responsibility …
Mattias Svensson, Timbro, May 2012 For the past 20 years, Sweden has had considerably freer alcohol rules, not least thanks to EU …
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