Servais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.de to YUROP@lemm.ee · 3 months agoNever noticed the chain of Baltic countries going south for cheaper alcoholi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down12
arrow-up1182arrow-down1imageNever noticed the chain of Baltic countries going south for cheaper alcoholi.postimg.ccServais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.de to YUROP@lemm.ee · 3 months agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squareHirom@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down5·edit-23 months agoOr, you know, drink less alcohol. High taxes on alcohol is a public health measure, meant to encourage people to drink less poison.
minus-squaremiss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoHow’s that working out?
minus-squareHirom@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoGood 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.
minus-squareTheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoYea it’s actually a very effective countermeasure. That why I hate it. I know it’s the absolute right thing… but I like drinking…
minus-squareFleppensteyn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAnd now we have a whole industry of people flying around the world to get wasted every day (🇬🇧)
minus-squaremiss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agodeleted by creator
Or, you know, drink less alcohol.
High taxes on alcohol is a public health measure, meant to encourage people to drink less poison.
How’s that working out?
Good question. It’s working pretty well, actually.
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…
And now we have a whole industry of people flying around the world to get wasted every day (🇬🇧)
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