James Leavey

James Leavey (9 December 1947 – 24 June 2023) was a British travel and comedy writer, freelance journalist, broadcaster, editor and YouTuber.

Biography
James Leavey was born in Beckenham, Kent, on 9 December 1947.

Leavey's appearance on the BBC Horizon programme, "We Love Cigarettes". attracted criticism. Leavey also wrote The Harrods Pocket Guide to Fine Cigars. He wrote regularly for Cigar Journal and other magazines. He is the author of the FOREST Guide to Smoking in London and the FOREST Guide to Smoking in Scotland: Where To Light Up (1999).

Leavey died on 24 June 2023, at the age of 75.