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Never noticed the chain of Baltic countries going south for cheaper alcohol (i.postimg.cc)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Or, you know, drink less alcohol.

High taxes on alcohol is a public health measure, meant to encourage people to drink less poison.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

How's that working out?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Good question. It's working pretty well, actually.

A large literature establishes that beverage alcohol prices and taxes are related inversely to drinking. Effects are large compared to other prevention policies and programs. Public policies that raise prices of alcohol are an effective means to reduce drinking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Yea it's actually a very effective countermeasure. That why I hate it. I know it's the absolute right thing.... but I like drinking...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

And now we have a whole industry of people flying around the world to get wasted every day (🇬🇧)