The Nanny State was coined in 1965 by Iain Macleod MP, and since that time, burgeoning public health interventions and restrictions on individual freedoms have continued flowing from Whitehall and into the pubs, shops, and restaurants of the British people. From reformulated food, sugar taxes, and now a 'Generational Smoking Ban', we are asking where these coercions have come from and how we can limit them.

Join the Adam Smith Institute on Friday 20th September at 13:30. Our panellists will be Maxwell Marlow, Director of Research & Education at the Adam Smith Institute; Dr Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs; Elliot Keck, Head of Campaigns at the TaxPayer's Alliance; George Morris Seers, Head of UK Public Affairs for JTI; and James McMurdoc MP, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock.