• taiyang@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    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.

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        7 hours ago

        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).

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          2 hours ago

          Yea, unfortunately selling vapes in gas stations got Americas kids hooked again. We almost beat it.