The Alcohol Industry has lost 830 Billion dollars over the last 4 years....

[JackTripper]

Don't know how-severe grog taxes are in the US but they're pretty-hefty here in Oz.

I'm tippin' the price increases due to guboments' ever-growing tax takes are partly-to-blame.

I know they are Down Under. Same goes for tobacco.

Alcohol is heavily regulated and taxed in the US, has been for a century. Same with cigarettes, including the derivative substitutes like vapor products. Nicotine pouches are next in the crosshairs.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Who needs that shit not me. Makes you a junkie.
My Dad died @ 39 from smoking. My sister had boob cancer, double masectomy, still smokes.
I have a friend just had 2 cancer surgeries on vocal chords. still smokes.
Insanity. Won't be around long.

 

[Robostyle]

Who needs that shit not me. Makes you a junkie.

Not everybody. But if you're speaking for yourself, i respect that.

 

[Floyd Eye]

Five Big Macs ( and a Diet Coke) and whatever else you shovel into your face daily will kill you faster than cigarettes.

 

[Monkey Man]

Five Big Macs ( and a Diet Coke) and whatever else you shovel into your face daily will kill you faster than cigarettes.

100% true.