The Democracy Institute is a

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based in

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, and London. It was founded in 2006.Democracy Institute
About Us
, accessed 8 August 2010 According to the

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's Tobacco Tactics project the institute has taken part in pro-tobacco activities and has previously received funding from the tobacco industry. On its website the Institute says that "We commonly address public policy in comparative terms. Many of our research projects, therefore, have a transatlantic or international flavor. We are currently conducting and commissioning work in the following areas: democratization; education policy; electoral studies; the European Union; fiscal studies; health care; international relations; obesity; and the regulation of risk." The institute's founding Director, Patrick Basham, is a former adjunct scholar with the

Cato Institute The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1977 by Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Industries.Koch Ind ...

Patrick Basham
accessed 8 August 2010 and was previously the founding director of the Social Affairs Center at the Canadian

Fraser Institute The Fraser Institute is a libertarian-conservative Canadian public policy think tank and registered charity. The institute describes itself as independent and non-partisan. It is headquartered in Vancouver, with additional offices in Calgary, T ...

. The institute's Advisory Council includes Chris Edwards, Christopher Preble and Marian Tupy of the Cato Institute, Martin Zelder of Duke University and

Ivan Eland Ivan Eland (; born February 23, 1958) is an American defense analyst and writer. He is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute. Eland's writings generally propose libertarian and non-intervent ...

of the

Independent Institute The Independent Institute is an American libertarian think tank based in Oakland, California. Founded in 1986 by David J. Theroux, the institute focuses on political, social, economic, legal, environmental, and foreign policy issues. It has more ...

Nigel Ashford Nigel Ashford (born 1952) is a British-born, U.S.-based academic and author, primarily in the field of politics. He serves as the Senior Programs Officer at the Institute for Humane Studies. Career Ashford was a Professor of Politics at Stafford ...

of the

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is also a member of the council as is Jeannie Cameron, who was formerly employed by British American Tobacco.

Jeremy Lott Jeremy Lott (born October 1, 1978) is an American writer, editor, and pundit. He briefly worked at the news website Rare. Previously, Lott was the editor of Real Clear Religion and associate editor of Real Clear Science. Lott has written seve ...

, formerly of the

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, is a Senior Fellow. A 2006 Democracy Institute book by then Senior Fellow

John Luik John C. Luik was a senior fellow of the Democracy Institute. A Rhodes Scholar attached to Hertford College at the University of Oxford, he was a Senior Associate of the Niagara Institute (an affiliate of the Conference Board of Canada) with respon ...

on ''Why Graphic Warnings Don't Work'' was acknowledged as being "made possible by funding provided by

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Group PLC".John Luik (2006),
A Picture of Health? Why Graphic Warnings Don't Work
", Democracy Institute

External links

Institute website
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'', 26 November 2006
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References

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