Where is the line between personal and Gvt responsibility?

[1finny]

This looks a no brainer just wondering where do we stop?
Processed food etc

England urged to bring in minimum unit price on alcohol as deaths rise 10% a year

Health leaders tell government to follow Scotland and Wales on cost of cheap booze after Darzi report on death toll

www.theguardian.com

 

[Norton_Nomad]

Not sure minimum unit price actually works looking at Scotland, other data from 2023 says that alcohol deaths were at the highest levels in 15 years there. The truth of the matter is that alcoholics will get their hands on booze no matter what you try to do one way or another. And that’s just from my experience with a family member.Link

 

[speckyget]

Or put another way, should prices be set to capture all economic externalities? Which is complicated in the case of booze and fags owing to premature death.

 

[Priv]

If you make it too expensive, poorer alcoholics will find their fix on something worse or resort to theft to pay.