Christopher Snowdon

Christopher John Snowdon is a British author and freelance journalist. He has written for Spiked magazine, The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator among other publications. He is particularly known as a vocal opponent of government intervention in areas such as tobacco, alcohol and obesity. Snowdon is also Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs.[1][2]

Not to be confused with Christopher Snowden.

Snowdon was born in North Yorkshire in 1976 and studied history at Lancaster University, graduating in 1998.[3] He now lives in Sussex with his wife and daughter.[4]

His first book, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist (2009), is a history of anti-smoking activity from the fifteenth century to the present day.[5][6][7]

Books
  • Polemics, Little Dice, 2020
  • Killjoys: A Critique of Paternalism, Institute of Economic Affairs, 2017
  • The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition since 1800 Little Dice, 2011
  • The Spirit Level Delusion: Fact-checking the Left's New Theory of Everything, Democracy Institute/Little Dice, 2010
  • Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: A History of Anti-Smoking, Little Dice, 2009

References
  1. "Christopher Snowdon". Institute of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. "Lifestyle Economics". Institute of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  3. "A History of Anti-Smoking". Velvet Glove, Iron Fist. Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  4. "Christopher Snowdon". The Great Debate. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  5. Michael Fitzpatrick (1 August 2013). "The anti-smoking 'truth regime' that cannot be questioned". Spiked. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  6. "Anti-smoking activism - Puff by puff, inch by inch". The Economist. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  7. "Blowing Smoke at a Ban". New York Times. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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