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Name
  
Christopher Snowdon

Role
  
Author

Education
  
Lancaster University



Books
  
The Spirit Level Delusion, The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Velvet Glove - Iron Fist: A His

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Christopher John Snowdon is an author and freelance journalist based in the UK. He writes for Sp!ked and other publications. He is particularly known as a vocal opponent of Government intervention in matters such as alcohol and obesity; his Twitter biography states that he is "not that keen on the nanny state" . He is also a research fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs.

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

His first book, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist (2009), is a history of anti-smoking activity from the fifteenth century to the present day. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 56 libraries

His second book, The Spirit Level Delusion: Fact-checking the Left's New Theory of Everything (2010), is a response to and critique of The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better.

His third book is The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition since 1800 (2011).

Snowdon's critics allege proximity to industry interests, and have also documented repeated polemical attacks on established scientists.

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Books

  • 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

    Christopher Snowdon Wikipedia