I have written a short essay for the Academy of Ideas:
From David Hockney to Syrian women smoking cigarettes in defiance of religious extremism, smoking can be an expression of personal and political freedom. Unfortunately, writes Simon, such freedoms are increasingly undermined by public-health measures, designed to control and regulate our behaviour beyond what ought to be reasonable.
‘Freedom: Up In Smoke?’ is part of the Letters on Liberty series of pamphlets and you can download (or purchase) a copy here.
I shall also be discussing the subject at the Battle of Ideas which takes place in London next weekend when I will be joined by philosopher, author and lecturer, Dr Piers Benn, and businessman and former Brexit Party PPC Rick Moore.
