Britain 'Needs to be More of a Nanny State'

Dr Alan Maryon Davis said that people needed new laws to "save us from ourselves" and actually welcomed state attempts to "micro-manage" their health.

The president of the UK Faculty of Public Health, which sets standards for health professionals, said that recent campaigns to cut down on binge drinking, smoking and obesity were not as unpopular as generally believed.

"On the contrary, there's plenty of evidence that people want to see the government doing more to help us avoid big killers like heart disease, stroke and cancer," he said.

"I see an increasing acceptance that we, all of us, need not only more information and guidance from government, but also more legislation to save us from ourselves."

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