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The U.S. must raise federal alcohol taxes to address the alarming rise in alcohol use
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This is called a Pigouvian Tax, and they definitely work.
https://movendi.ngo/news/2022/06/07/alcohol-tax-increase-in-poland-leads-to-falling-alcohol-sales/
I strongly disagree with this opinion piece and find the writer's intentions heavily biased, at best, but Pigouvian taxes as a concept are definitely effective.
Thanks! Wasn't the Tobacco settlement fund used to promote anti-smoking programs, given to communities for anti-smoking ordinances, and enriching other public health initiatives that helped make it so effective?
There has to be a use of the tax effectively to discourage the next generations and help increase treatment otherwise the taxes alone could hit a level where some states might start to ignore regulation & the moonshine stills fire back up.