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Patrick Basham in The Times of London on Obama's smoking habit

Obama's smoking habit Patrick Basham
March 4, 2010
Sir, President Obama’s long-term failure to quit smoking (“Smoking gun shows Obama has failed to kick habit”, Mar 2) is a timely reminder that, as smoking isn’t going to vanish.
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Patrick Basham is interviewed about threatened trade sanctions against Sri Lanka.

Patrick Basham Patrick Basham
February 22, 2010
Patrick Basham is interviewed about threatened trade sanctions against Sri Lanka.
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Despite its shortcomings, scrapping Sri Lanka's trade benefits would only impede its progress towards liberal democracy

Patrick Basham Patrick Basham
Friday 12 February 2010
Are Sri Lanka's problems caused by too much democracy? Western analysts were dismayed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa's recent election victory over General Sarath Fonseka, who led the military defeat of the Tamil Tigers. Criticism of Rajapaksa's government increased following Fonseka's subsequent arrest on sedition charges. Such condemnation belies ignorance of the democratisation process and of the Sri Lankan experience.
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A bleary-eyed attitude to alcohol research

 

A bleary-eyed attitude to alcohol research Basham and Luik
It is time we started evaluating studies on the effects of booze on their merits rather than on who happened to fund them.
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The Democracy Institute and the Institute of Economic Affairs invite you to attend:

Under the Counter & Over the Border – How Government Inflames the Illicit Cigarette Trade
Chair – Jonathan Charles, BBC News
Author – Dr Patrick Basham, Democracy Institute
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State of the Union: Barack Obama's Fork in the Road.

Barack Obama Patrick Basham
This week’s State of the Union address represents a fork in the road for the Obama White House. It will tell us whether President Obama’s political horizon is short or long term.
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The myth of an ‘obesity tsunami’22-Jan-2010

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In Defense of Santa21-Jan-2010

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An absence of tobacco evidence11-Sep-2009

Friday, 11, Sep 2009 12:00 The evidence that cigarette prices and adverts affect young smoke..

DI Report – Alcohol Advertising Bans – September 200909-Sep-2009

A fortnight ago, doctors called for a total ban on all forms of alcohol advertising in a bid to ..