[sublinear]

And yet many alcoholic products are full of sugar and a majority of adults all around the world are alcoholics.

I'm not disagreeing we have problems, but my original question was why the solution is a tax. It's very clear who that benefits and it's also very clear those same people control marketing and education. This is insanity.

[trgn]

> a majority of adults all around the world are alcoholics

there's no way that can be true right?

And isn't alcohol already taxed a lot for the same reason?

[JumpCrisscross]

> my original question was why the solution is a tax

Because it works. Source: TFA.

[Moldoteck]

this just means taxes are too low, not that taxes don't work. In a normal way the tax for these should offset the healthcare burden that these produce in treating diseases/accidents caused by alcohol/tobacco consumption. The same way a sugar tax should at least cover all govt diabetes expenditure, but there are other factors that can be covered too.

[rsynnott]

> a majority of adults all around the world are alcoholics.

... Wait, how are you defining 'alcoholic'?

Even by the 'regularly exceeds recommended intake' definition (which most medical professionals would not read as 'alcoholic' on its own, btw), this is not true.