The new tariffs would add to a growing list of taxes levied by the U.S. against trading partners as part of a growing trade war between once-close allies.
The problem with that is people, especially alcoholics, are still going to drink. If its prohibitively expensive, they’ll turn to bootleg liquor which is probably contaminated.
Yup, I know. Actually, when they did this with cigarettes they did see it go down a little with adults but the main thing was that it helped reduce youth smoking. Teens have a tighter budget for these things.
I mean, in some places. The tax is generally a disencentive to start the habit. I’d be curious to see a natural experiment comparing places with and without it as the US dropped it’s smoking rate to low teens (at least, until vaping became a thing).
But non-alcoholics might start looking to thc instead. This could hit booze corporations with a double whammy of a hard hit to their bottom line while forcing a lot of their customers to seek alternative adulterants.
The problem with that is people, especially alcoholics, are still going to drink. If its prohibitively expensive, they’ll turn to bootleg liquor which is probably contaminated.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/istanbul-tainted-alcohol-people-dead/
Yup, I know. Actually, when they did this with cigarettes they did see it go down a little with adults but the main thing was that it helped reduce youth smoking. Teens have a tighter budget for these things.
But the bootlegging is unique to booze, so yeah.
Untaxed cigarettes are absolutely a thing
I mean, in some places. The tax is generally a disencentive to start the habit. I’d be curious to see a natural experiment comparing places with and without it as the US dropped it’s smoking rate to low teens (at least, until vaping became a thing).
Yea, unfortunately selling vapes in gas stations got Americas kids hooked again. We almost beat it.
What about mouthwash? What about huffing paint?
But non-alcoholics might start looking to thc instead. This could hit booze corporations with a double whammy of a hard hit to their bottom line while forcing a lot of their customers to seek alternative adulterants.