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| − | The Democracy Institute describes itself as "a politically independent public policy research organisation".<ref> The Democracy Institute (undated), [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm About Us], (accessed 17th February 2011) </ref> Founded in 2006, it has bases in London and Washington where it claims to, “further public education through the production and dissemination of accessible commentary and scholarship” <ref> The Democracy Institute (undated), [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm About Us], (accessed 17th February 2011) </ref> by providing a, “a balanced and thoughtful perspective on topical issues, promoting open and rational debate based on evidence rather than ideology”. <ref> The Democracy Institute (undated), [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm About Us], (accessed 17th February 2011) </ref> | + | The Democracy Institute describes itself as "a politically independent public policy research organisation".<ref> The Democracy Institute (undated), [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm About Us], (accessed 17th February 2011) </ref> Founded in 2006, it has bases in London and Washington where it claims to, “further public education through the production and dissemination of accessible commentary and scholarship” <ref> The Democracy Institute (undated), [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm About Us], (accessed 17th February 2011) </ref> by providing a, “a balanced and thoughtful perspective on topical issues, promoting open and rational debate based on evidence rather than ideology”.<ref> The Democracy Institute (undated), [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm About Us], (accessed 17th February 2011) </ref> |
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==People== | ==People== | ||
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*[[Patrick Basham]] - Director<ref>About Us, [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm About Us], ''Democracy Institute'', accessed 10 February 2010</ref> | *[[Patrick Basham]] - Director<ref>About Us, [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm About Us], ''Democracy Institute'', accessed 10 February 2010</ref> | ||
*[[John Luik]] - Senior Fellow<ref>Basham and Luik, [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8869/ Five-a-day won’t keep the doctor away], ''Spiked'', 13 May 2010, accessed 5 August 2010.</ref> | *[[John Luik]] - Senior Fellow<ref>Basham and Luik, [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8869/ Five-a-day won’t keep the doctor away], ''Spiked'', 13 May 2010, accessed 5 August 2010.</ref> | ||
*[[Christopher Snowdon]] - Adjunct Scholar<ref>[http://www.velvetgloveironfist.com/index.php?page_id=4 About the Author], ''Velvet Glove Iron Fist'' website, accessed 4 August 2010.</ref> | *[[Christopher Snowdon]] - Adjunct Scholar<ref>[http://www.velvetgloveironfist.com/index.php?page_id=4 About the Author], ''Velvet Glove Iron Fist'' website, accessed 4 August 2010.</ref> | ||
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===Advisory Council=== | ===Advisory Council=== | ||
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As listed by the Democracy Institute: <ref>About Us, [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm Advisory Council], ''Democracy Institute'', accessed 10 February 2010</ref> | As listed by the Democracy Institute: <ref>About Us, [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm Advisory Council], ''Democracy Institute'', accessed 10 February 2010</ref> | ||
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* [[Marian Tupy]] – Cato Institute | * [[Marian Tupy]] – Cato Institute | ||
* [[Martin Zelder]] – University of Chicago | * [[Martin Zelder]] – University of Chicago | ||
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==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||
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The Democracy Institute’s research interests are within the following areas: | The Democracy Institute’s research interests are within the following areas: | ||
| − | Democratisation, education policy; electoral studies; the European Union; fiscal studies;health care;international relations; obesity; and the regulation of risk.<ref> The Democracy Institute (undated), [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm About Us], (accessed 17th February 2011) </ref> The main focus of its attention is on public health initiatives likely to interfere with the marketing activities of the tobacco<ref>Patrick Basham & John Luik, [http://www.tobacco.org/news/298796.html NYC: The City that Never Smokes], The Democracy Institute, 26 October 2009, accessed 30 March 2010</ref>, alcohol<ref>Patrick Basham & John Luik, [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AnnouncementRetrieve.aspx?ID=38687 A bleary-eyed attitude to alcohol research], The Democracy Institute, 2-February-2010, Accessed 30-March-2010</ref> and food<ref>Patrick Basham & John Luik, [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AnnouncementRetrieve.aspx?ID=37564 The myth of an ‘obesity tsunami'], ''Democracy Institute'', 19-January-2010, Accessed 30-March-2010</ref> industries. | + | Democratisation, education policy; electoral studies; the European Union; fiscal studies; health care; international relations ; obesity; and the regulation of risk.<ref> The Democracy Institute (undated), [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm About Us], (accessed 17th February 2011) </ref> |
| − | + | The main focus of its attention is on public health initiatives that are likely to interfere with the marketing activities of the tobacco<ref>Patrick Basham & John Luik, [http://www.tobacco.org/news/298796.html NYC: The City that Never Smokes], The Democracy Institute, 26 October 2009, accessed 30 March 2010</ref>, alcohol<ref>Patrick Basham & John Luik, [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AnnouncementRetrieve.aspx?ID=38687 A bleary-eyed attitude to alcohol research], The Democracy Institute, 2-February-2010, Accessed 30-March-2010</ref> and food<ref>Patrick Basham & John Luik, [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AnnouncementRetrieve.aspx?ID=37564 The myth of an ‘obesity tsunami'], ''Democracy Institute'', 19-January-2010, Accessed 30-March-2010</ref> industries. | |
| − | The Institute is regularly consulted by the media as a body of experts in public health issues with [[Patrick Basham]] and [[John Luik]] frequently appearing as media commentators | + | The Institute is regularly consulted by the media as a body of experts in public health issues with [[Patrick Basham]] and [[John Luik]] frequently appearing as media commentators, 37 worldwide newspaper articles between 2006 and 2010 cite Basham and Luik as experts on public health issues.<ref>Nexis UK (2011), [http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/listview/listview.do?risb=21_T11279752283&start=1&sort=BOOLEAN&documentNo=&nodeDisplayName=&thresholdChange=true], Nexis Search Terms "John Luik" and "Patrick Basham", (accessed 17th February 2011) </ref> |
| − | The Institute's director [[Patrick Basham]] is a former tobacco industry lobbyist and publishes most of the research on the Institute's website along with [[John Luik]] who is also a former tobacco industry lobbyist<ref>Telefax, [http://www.spinprofiles.org/images/5/56/Srvk49e00.pdf Tflb CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CIGARETTE MANUFACTURER LIMITED], CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CIGARETTE MANUFACTURER LIMITED, 22-June-1993</ref><ref>Consultants, [http://www.ocat.org/opposition/consultants.html John Luik], ''Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco'', Accessed 10-February-2010</ref><ref>Consultants, [http://www.ocat.org/opposition/consultants.html John Luik], ''Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco'', Accessed 10-February-2010</ref><ref>Gori GB, Luik JC. Passive smoke: the EPA’s betrayal of science and policy. Vancouver, Canada: Fraser Institute, 1999</ref><ref>Marsden, W., "Big tobacco's shell game with the truth," Montreal Gazette, June 21, 2001</ref><ref>Montreal Gazette, Blowing smoke, Cornwall Standard Freeholder (Ontario), 2-July-2001</ref><ref>Sherry Stein, [http://www.spinprofiles.org/images/f/f3/Sqac53a99.pdf Letter to Adrain Payne at British American Tobacco], 28-July-2000, Accessed through Tobacco Archives 18-February-2010</ref><ref>Sherry Stein, [http://www. | + | The Institute's director [[Patrick Basham]] is a former tobacco industry lobbyist and publishes most of the research on the Institute's website along with [[John Luik]] who is also a former tobacco industry lobbyist<ref>Telefax, [http://www.spinprofiles.org/images/5/56/Srvk49e00.pdf Tflb CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CIGARETTE MANUFACTURER LIMITED], CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CIGARETTE MANUFACTURER LIMITED, 22-June-1993</ref><ref>Consultants, [http://www.ocat.org/opposition/consultants.html John Luik], ''Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco'', Accessed 10-February-2010</ref><ref>Consultants, [http://www.ocat.org/opposition/consultants.html John Luik], ''Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco'', Accessed 10-February-2010</ref><ref>Gori GB, Luik JC. Passive smoke: the EPA’s betrayal of science and policy. Vancouver, Canada: Fraser Institute, 1999</ref><ref>Marsden, W., "Big tobacco's shell game with the truth," Montreal Gazette, June 21, 2001</ref><ref>Montreal Gazette, Blowing smoke, Cornwall Standard Freeholder (Ontario), 2-July-2001</ref><ref>Sherry Stein, [http://www.spinprofiles.org/images/f/f3/Sqac53a99.pdf Letter to Adrain Payne at British American Tobacco], 28-July-2000, Accessed through Tobacco Archives 18-February-2010</ref><ref>Sherry Stein, [http://www.spinprofiles.org/images/d/d0/Slbc53a99.pdf Letter to Martin Broughton], 28-January-2000, Accessed through Tobacco Archives 20-February-2010</ref><ref>Patrick Basham, [http://www.spinprofiles.org/images/d/d0/Slbc53a99.pdf Public Policy Sources], The Fraser Institute, 1-August-2000, Accessed through Tobacco Archives 20-February-2010</ref><ref>Press Release, [http://www.spinprofiles.org/images/c/ce/Sarh97d00.pdf Media Release], The Fraser Institute, 9-April-1999, Accessed Through Tobacco Archives 18-February-2010</ref><ref>Patrick Basham, [http://www.spinprofiles.org/images/d/d0/Slbc53a99.pdf Public Policy Sources], The Fraser Institute, 1-August-2000, Accessed through Tobacco Archives 20-February-2010</ref>. |
| + | ===On Obesity=== | ||
| + | Basham and Luik recently published an article <ref>Basham, P & Luik (2010) [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/9871/], A happy meal is nothing to smile about (accessed 19th February 2011)</ref> in [[spiked]] expressing their opinion concerning the San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s decision to approve a preliminary ban that would force fast food retailers to stop providing promotional toys with happy meals. According to the article the ban would give parents an opportunity to promote healthier meal options to their children. According the Basham and Luik<ref>Basham, P & Luik (2010) [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/9871/], A happy meal is nothing to smile about (accessed 19th February 2011) </ref>, the proposal is presumptuous as it assumes that the fast food industry and its marketing techniques contribute towards childhood obesity, | ||
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| + | "The evidence-less Happy Meal ban should remind us that the entire idea of fat children is largely a cultural construct, not a scientific one. A hundred years ago, today's penchant for thin children would have been considered a shocking instance of child neglect.The idea that children weighing over a certain amount are fat or obese has no scientific foundation, as the dividing line between fat and normal is purely arbitrary, representing nothing more than a public health bureaucrat's notion of where normal ends and fat begins".<ref>Basham, P & Luik (2010) [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/9871/], A happy meal is nothing to smile about (accessed 19th February 2011) </ref> | ||
| + | Basham and Luik present evidence in the article that denies a link between junk food and obesity | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | The Democracy Institute is a think tank with links to the [[Cato Institute]] <ref>Patrick Basham, [http://www.cato.org/people/patrick-basham Adjunct Scholar], The Cato Institute, Accessed 30-March-2010</ref> and [[Spiked]] online<ref>All Articles, [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/author/Basham%20and%20Luik/ Articles by Basham & Luik], ''Spiked'', accessed 30 March 2010</ref> | + | The Democracy Institute is a think tank with links to the [[Cato Institute]] <ref>Patrick Basham, [http://www.cato.org/people/patrick-basham Adjunct Scholar], The Cato Institute, Accessed 30-March-2010</ref> and [[Spiked]] online.<ref>All Articles, [http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/author/Basham%20and%20Luik/ Articles by Basham & Luik], ''Spiked'', accessed 30 March 2010</ref> |
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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
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*Partrick Basham, 2010, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/12/sri-lanka-trade-democracy Sri Lanka needs carrot, not stick], ''The Guardian'', 14-Feb-2010 | *Partrick Basham, 2010, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/12/sri-lanka-trade-democracy Sri Lanka needs carrot, not stick], ''The Guardian'', 14-Feb-2010 | ||
*Patrick Basham and John Luik, 2010, A bleary-eyed attitude to alcohol research, 3-February-2010 | *Patrick Basham and John Luik, 2010, A bleary-eyed attitude to alcohol research, 3-February-2010 | ||
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*Patrick Basham, 2009, Keep FDA away from tobacco Orange County Register, 3-June-2009 | *Patrick Basham, 2009, Keep FDA away from tobacco Orange County Register, 3-June-2009 | ||
*Patrick Basham & John Luik, 2009, A display of ignorance over youth smoking, 29 April 2009 | *Patrick Basham & John Luik, 2009, A display of ignorance over youth smoking, 29 April 2009 | ||
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==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
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[[Spiked]] | [[Institute of Humane Studies]] | [[Pacific Research Institute]] | [[Mercatus Center]] | [[International Foundation for Electoral Systems]] | [[Cato Institute]] | [[Independent Institute]] | [[Social Affairs Unit]]<ref>About Us, [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm Advisory Council], ''Democracy Institute'', Accessed 10-February-2010</ref>. | [[Spiked]] | [[Institute of Humane Studies]] | [[Pacific Research Institute]] | [[Mercatus Center]] | [[International Foundation for Electoral Systems]] | [[Cato Institute]] | [[Independent Institute]] | [[Social Affairs Unit]]<ref>About Us, [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm Advisory Council], ''Democracy Institute'', Accessed 10-February-2010</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 16:42, 19 February 2011
The Democracy Institute describes itself as "a politically independent public policy research organisation".[1] Founded in 2006, it has bases in London and Washington where it claims to, “further public education through the production and dissemination of accessible commentary and scholarship” [2] by providing a, “a balanced and thoughtful perspective on topical issues, promoting open and rational debate based on evidence rather than ideology”.[3]
Contents
People
- Patrick Basham - Director[4]
- John Luik - Senior Fellow[5]
- Christopher Snowdon - Adjunct Scholar[6]
Advisory Council
As listed by the Democracy Institute: [7]
- Nigel Ashford – Institute of Humane Studies
- Juliette Baysham – Public Health Fellow
- Jason Clemens – Pacific Research Institute
- Veronique de Rugy – Mercatus Center
- Jamie Dettmer – International Foundation for Electoral Systems
- Chris Edwards – Cato Institute
- Ivan Eland – Independent Institute
- Jeremy Lott – Senior Fellow
- Michael Mosbacher – Social Affairs Unit
- Gerry Nicholls – Senior Fellow
- Charles Pena – George Washington University
- Christopher Preble – Cato Institute
- Marian Tupy – Cato Institute
- Martin Zelder – University of Chicago
Activities
The Democracy Institute’s research interests are within the following areas: Democratisation, education policy; electoral studies; the European Union; fiscal studies; health care; international relations ; obesity; and the regulation of risk.[8] The main focus of its attention is on public health initiatives that are likely to interfere with the marketing activities of the tobacco[9], alcohol[10] and food[11] industries.
The Institute is regularly consulted by the media as a body of experts in public health issues with Patrick Basham and John Luik frequently appearing as media commentators, 37 worldwide newspaper articles between 2006 and 2010 cite Basham and Luik as experts on public health issues.[12]
The Institute's director Patrick Basham is a former tobacco industry lobbyist and publishes most of the research on the Institute's website along with John Luik who is also a former tobacco industry lobbyist[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23].
On Obesity
Basham and Luik recently published an article [24] in spiked expressing their opinion concerning the San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s decision to approve a preliminary ban that would force fast food retailers to stop providing promotional toys with happy meals. According to the article the ban would give parents an opportunity to promote healthier meal options to their children. According the Basham and Luik[25], the proposal is presumptuous as it assumes that the fast food industry and its marketing techniques contribute towards childhood obesity,
"The evidence-less Happy Meal ban should remind us that the entire idea of fat children is largely a cultural construct, not a scientific one. A hundred years ago, today's penchant for thin children would have been considered a shocking instance of child neglect.The idea that children weighing over a certain amount are fat or obese has no scientific foundation, as the dividing line between fat and normal is purely arbitrary, representing nothing more than a public health bureaucrat's notion of where normal ends and fat begins".[26]
Basham and Luik present evidence in the article that denies a link between junk food and obesity
Links
The Democracy Institute is a think tank with links to the Cato Institute [27] and Spiked online.[28]
Publications
- Partrick Basham, 2010, Sri Lanka needs carrot, not stick, The Guardian, 14-Feb-2010
- Patrick Basham and John Luik, 2010, A bleary-eyed attitude to alcohol research, 3-February-2010
- Patrick Basham, 2010, President Obama’s Fork in the Road, 25-Jan-2010
- Patrick Basham & John Luik, 2010, The myth of an ‘obesity tsunami’, 22-Jan-2010
- Patrick Basham & John Luik, 2010, In Defense of Santa, 21-Jan-2010
- Patrick Basham, 2009, Butt Out! How Philip Morris Burned Ted Kennedy, the FDA & the Anti-Tobacco Movement, Democracy Institute
- Patrick Basham & John Luik, 2009, Are Public Smoking Bans Necessary?, 17-Dec-2009
- Patrick Basham & John Luik, 2009, Can the UK Avert a Smoking Irish Failure?, 29-October-2009
- Patrick Basham & John Luik 2009, The City That Never Smokes, 26-October-2009
- Patrick Basham & John Luik, 2009, Women keep drinking, 3-March-2009
- DI Report, 2009, Alcohol Advertising Bans – September 20-Sep-2009
- Patrick Basham, 2009, The Senator and the Symbol, 28-Aug-2009
- Patrick Basham, 2009, Afghanistan's Democratic Debacle, 21-Aug-2009
- Patrick Basham, 2009, Displaying the truth about policymaking, 13-Aug-2009
- Patrick Basham & John Luik, 2009, A fat doctor in the White House?, 29-Jul-2009
- Patrick Basham & John Luik, 2009, on discrimination against fat African-American women, 29-Jul-2009
- Patrick Basham & John Luik, 2009, Banning alcohol ads won’t cure alcoholism, 21-Jul-2009 Tuesday 21 July 2009
- Patrick Basham & John Luik, 2009, Turning fat people into social outcasts, on turning fat people into social outcasts, 30-Jun-2009
- Patrick Basham & John Luik, 2009, Smoke gets in the government’s eyes, 23-Jun-2009
- Patrick Basham, 2009, The unholy alliance between Philip Morris & the FDA in the Winston-Salem Journal, 06-Jun-2009
- Patrick Basham and John Luik’s, 2009, KICKING THE SODA CAN: HARD TRUTHS ABOUT A SOFT DRINK TAX, 3-June-2009
- Patrick Basham, 2009, Keep FDA away from tobacco Orange County Register, 3-June-2009
- Patrick Basham & John Luik, 2009, A display of ignorance over youth smoking, 29 April 2009
Affiliations
Spiked | Institute of Humane Studies | Pacific Research Institute | Mercatus Center | International Foundation for Electoral Systems | Cato Institute | Independent Institute | Social Affairs Unit[29].
Contact Details
London
- Democracy Institute
- 2nd Floor
- 145-157 St John Street
- London EC1V 4PY
- 0845 310 4144
- www.democracyinstitute.org.uk
- Email: info@democracyinstitute.org
Washington
- Democracy Institute
- 2001 M St NW
- Washington DC 20036
- 301 390 3711
- www.democracyinstitute.org
- Email: info@democracyinstitute.org
Notes
- ↑ The Democracy Institute (undated), About Us, (accessed 17th February 2011)
- ↑ The Democracy Institute (undated), About Us, (accessed 17th February 2011)
- ↑ The Democracy Institute (undated), About Us, (accessed 17th February 2011)
- ↑ About Us, About Us, Democracy Institute, accessed 10 February 2010
- ↑ Basham and Luik, Five-a-day won’t keep the doctor away, Spiked, 13 May 2010, accessed 5 August 2010.
- ↑ About the Author, Velvet Glove Iron Fist website, accessed 4 August 2010.
- ↑ About Us, Advisory Council, Democracy Institute, accessed 10 February 2010
- ↑ The Democracy Institute (undated), About Us, (accessed 17th February 2011)
- ↑ Patrick Basham & John Luik, NYC: The City that Never Smokes, The Democracy Institute, 26 October 2009, accessed 30 March 2010
- ↑ Patrick Basham & John Luik, A bleary-eyed attitude to alcohol research, The Democracy Institute, 2-February-2010, Accessed 30-March-2010
- ↑ Patrick Basham & John Luik, The myth of an ‘obesity tsunami', Democracy Institute, 19-January-2010, Accessed 30-March-2010
- ↑ Nexis UK (2011), [1], Nexis Search Terms "John Luik" and "Patrick Basham", (accessed 17th February 2011)
- ↑ Telefax, Tflb CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CIGARETTE MANUFACTURER LIMITED, CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CIGARETTE MANUFACTURER LIMITED, 22-June-1993
- ↑ Consultants, John Luik, Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco, Accessed 10-February-2010
- ↑ Consultants, John Luik, Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco, Accessed 10-February-2010
- ↑ Gori GB, Luik JC. Passive smoke: the EPA’s betrayal of science and policy. Vancouver, Canada: Fraser Institute, 1999
- ↑ Marsden, W., "Big tobacco's shell game with the truth," Montreal Gazette, June 21, 2001
- ↑ Montreal Gazette, Blowing smoke, Cornwall Standard Freeholder (Ontario), 2-July-2001
- ↑ Sherry Stein, Letter to Adrain Payne at British American Tobacco, 28-July-2000, Accessed through Tobacco Archives 18-February-2010
- ↑ Sherry Stein, Letter to Martin Broughton, 28-January-2000, Accessed through Tobacco Archives 20-February-2010
- ↑ Patrick Basham, Public Policy Sources, The Fraser Institute, 1-August-2000, Accessed through Tobacco Archives 20-February-2010
- ↑ Press Release, Media Release, The Fraser Institute, 9-April-1999, Accessed Through Tobacco Archives 18-February-2010
- ↑ Patrick Basham, Public Policy Sources, The Fraser Institute, 1-August-2000, Accessed through Tobacco Archives 20-February-2010
- ↑ Basham, P & Luik (2010) [2], A happy meal is nothing to smile about (accessed 19th February 2011)
- ↑ Basham, P & Luik (2010) [3], A happy meal is nothing to smile about (accessed 19th February 2011)
- ↑ Basham, P & Luik (2010) [4], A happy meal is nothing to smile about (accessed 19th February 2011)
- ↑ Patrick Basham, Adjunct Scholar, The Cato Institute, Accessed 30-March-2010
- ↑ All Articles, Articles by Basham & Luik, Spiked, accessed 30 March 2010
- ↑ About Us, Advisory Council, Democracy Institute, Accessed 10-February-2010
