Can We Really Control Addiction with Taxes?

If you are healthy, then you can do any kind of thing; if you are not healthy, then you have to face difficulties in many things. Nowadays, everyone is taking a lot of care of their health, and it is also necessary because see, health is everything. it is said that health is wealth; health is the biggest wealth. if you have a lot of money and you are not healthy, then it is of no use to you. By the way, many natural products have come, if you have space then go and make your vegetables and eat them because see, nowadays everything has started coming adulterated, whether it is youth, if you talk about spices or anything, and nowadays junk food is being sold indiscriminately, due to which there is a very serious effect on health. The government is also aware of those things which are bad for health because they also live here, still, that thing is going on because a lot of tax is levied on them, but perhaps if they are taxed more, then their purchase may decrease. If I talk about India here, a lot of tax is levied on alcohol, cigarettes and other things, which gives revenue to the government, but still people do not give up all these things.

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It happens that if a person gets addicted to something, if someone is addicted to alcohol, then even if it is worth ₹ 100 or ₹ 200, if the average tax is imposed on it and it is made 500 or 1000, if that person wants it, then he will fulfill it and he is ready to pay any price for it. Yes, if that thing is not available, then it becomes very difficult, and the thing that is not available starts selling in the black market, or its rate increases even more.. See, where there is a shortage of things, many businesses come up there and some people see it as an opportunity, see, if something is not available somewhere or there is a shortage of it and the provides for it are very less, then in such a situation the value of that thing increases automatically.

The thing is that if the government wants, it can do a lot and reduce all these things. You can see gutkha, tobacco, cigarettes, and whatnot selling turmeric products everywhere, and these are available in every shop, big or small. Well in the end everyone is only looking after their profit, if any local shop owner will see that he sees more tobacco or cigarette products there then he will order only those and this is what you get to see, the same thing is sold to you and this is the only thing you get in the shop, if you are in touch with someone then other types of intoxicants are also available to you, even if it is illegal but the thing is available, you just have to pay the right price.

The government has already imposed taxes on many things, but it is not going to stop all these things because the government also generates a lot of revenue. Yes, if the government wants to stop this completely, it can take many steps. Everywhere, there are reports that so many bottles of liquor were sold, and now the shop has been closed. But see, whoever comes into the liquor business, their network is very strong, they manage to sell the product from somewhere or the other. Many people have wasted their whole life in the affair of alcohol, and it also has a big impact on their homes. Some people drink alcohol and create a ruckus or even fight. We have often seen that during weddings or other parties, the consumption of alcohol is excessive, and if it is a very big party and nothing else has happened, then other types of people participate in it. Look, even if any kind of intoxicant is served here or not, still, the thing is available to you, as I said, if you are ready to pay the right value for your thing, then anything is available to you.

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I think this is my personal opinion that until a person himself does not realises that this or that thing is bad for him, he cannot do anything. No matter how much tax the government imposes on him, even if it makes it expensive, the person will get it in some way or the other. if he gets used to it, then it can have an impact, and the selling pressure of the product in the market can decrease. Suppose if a thing is worth ₹5 or 50 and it becomes ₹500, then see, not everyone will be able to make an effort and even if someone is making an effort, he will use it very less, due to which he may gradually give up half of it or it may happen that many people will start using it less. Just like any other thing, the government imposes taxes or makes some kind of rule to ban a particular thing, nothing can happen until the society is ready to accept that thing.

Well, in the end, the government has to earn money, and it does not want any kind of decline in its revenue sources. If something becomes expensive, then very few people will be able to afford it, and their revenue will also fall drastically. If I talk about cigarettes, tobacco and alcohol, then these are very popular in India, and their demand is also very high, so this may definitely impact the businessmen, and their revenue will also fall drastically. Maybe they will come into the market with some other product because, look, a businessman knows how to earn money; he just needs to know what kind of product the consumer is demanding.

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