BS5000
May 23, 2023

This is a really positive trend. I didn’t even begin my heavy drinking until my 40s when family responsibilities and work pressures ratcheted-up (no excuses). I will only add that it took more than health warnings on cigarettes, it was the heavy tax increases that drove prices way up that was the prime factor in reducing smoking rates. Also addictive and fatal, alcohol may require the same 1-2 punch of health warnings and tax increases. Great trend, thanks for this information.

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