In Britain, Europe and across the world, taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sugar are used by governments to try to push people into what they deem to be healthier lifestyles.
[Interview] Für die Freiheit der Konsumenten: Mein Interview mit Peace Love Liberty
Mein Interview mit dem Blog Peace Love Liberty kann hier nachgelesen werden.
Quoted by FoodBev Media
I was quoted by FoodBev Media on Public Health England’s proposed calorie cap for supermarket and restaurant foods. Can read the full quote down below, or on their website.
Keep the federal government’s crony hands off online gambling
In a significant legislative step, the state of Michigan decided in December to legalize online gambling. Governor Rick Snyder vetoed the bill, which pushes the process back. Michigan could join Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania in bringing life to this new marketplace.
Quoted by The Star
I was quoted by The Star on Public Health England’s new suggested policies regarding calorie intake limits for supermarket and restaurant foods. Click down below to read the full quote, or find the article on their website here.
Quoted by the Chichester Observer
I was quoted by the Chichester Observer on Public Health England’s proposed calorie cap for supermarket and restaurant foods. Can read the full quote down below, or on their website.
[Book] Sündensteuern sind europaweit auf dem Vormarsch
Zusammen mit der Redaktion von NOVO, unter Johannes Richardt und Christoph Lövenich, habe ich an der Redaktion des Buches “Genießen verboten” teilgenommen. Mein Beitrag trägt den Titel “Sündensteuern sind auf dem Vormarsch”. Das Buch ist auf der Webseite von NOVO erhältlich.
Taxing red meat: when Oxford researchers tell low-income families how to live
In a recent publication for the University of Oxford, Dr. Marco Springmann and James Martin, both Fellows at the Oxford Martin School argue for the introduction of additional taxes on red meat. Springmann makes the case that taxing products such as bacon could save thousands of lives every year, due to the meat’s association with higher chances […]
The ECJ, politically charged, opposes harm-reduction
In January last year, the New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) appealed against the 1992 EU-ban on the smokeless tobacco snus. Snus is powdered tobacco, often sold in pre-packed bags of the size of an index finger, which the users place on the upper lip. It is sometimes confused with snuffed tobacco, which is legal. Snus does […]
You, the taxpayer, pays for your own nannies
At the beginning of the EU Health Policy Platform annual meeting, Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, held an energetic speech against the practice of smoking tobacco. He pointed out that he believes the idea that harm-reduction through e-cigarettes, as it is currently practiced in the UK for instance, is nonsense. He doesn’t […]
