GFN.TV Interviews | STONEWALLED | The March Toward Nicotine Prohibition

It was perhaps inevitable that once smoking was “handled,” tobacco control would turn its fire on nicotine. From the UK’s disposable vape ban to EU pouch restrictions and the WHO’s war on nicotine, prohibition is on the march. Shot on location at GFN 2025 in Warsaw, Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, delivers a stark assessment: public health is recycling old fears, ignoring evidence, and steering policy into prohibitionist chaos. With governments fueling black markets and pushing vapers back to smoking, Snowdon warns the war on nicotine has only just begun. Featuring: CHRISTOPHER SNOWDON Head of Lifestyle Econ., Inst. of Economic Affairs Author, columnist, public health critic iea.org.uk nannystateindex.org