Alex Vellins

• Alex VellinsMay 9, 2025, 10:29 AM

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  in reply to: Carla Schlüter’s comment on: Up­side Bar­gains: How To Get More Value By Think­ing In Bets

  Fixed- thanks for flagging!

• Alex VellinsApr 28, 2025, 2:32 PM

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  on: Alex Vel­lins’s Quick takes

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• Alex VellinsAug 23, 2023, 9:41 PM

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  on: [JOB] Op­por­tu­nity to found Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship NGO (out­side of the in­cu­ba­tion pro­gram): Tobacco tax­a­tion advocacy

  Hey, just a quick idea on this intervention: increase the minimum number of cigarettes that can be sold in a pack. This stops new people from starting smoking (because they wont want to by 50 or 100) but keeps them affordable for those that are addicted, so the policy might be more likely to be put through. (I’m sure you’ve already considered and ruled this out, or that it isn’t as effective as taxation, but it might be more tractable, so I thought I’d chuck it your way just in case). Good luck with it :D