Putting new taxes on alcohol or raising existing taxes to account for inflation would prevent 600 to 800 deaths a year, according to a study from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- Researchers looked at the number of alcohol-related deaths in Florida and compared them to the financial burden imposed by alcohol excise taxes, and found when taxes went up, death rates went down.
- If Florida taxes on liquor had been allowed to rise with inflation, the tax on distilled liquor would be $14 a gallon, and the tax on wine would be $5 a gallon.
This study appears in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
Labels: law, death, prevention
Posted By: Jane St. Clair