Prices, taxes and alcohol use: a systematic umbrella review.
Godefroy Emmanuel GuindonKevin ZhaoTooba FatimaSophiya GarasiaNicholas QuinnN Bruce BaskervilleGuillermo R ParajePublished in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2022)
Taxes are effective in reducing alcohol use. Moreover, increasing the price of alcohol by increasing taxes can also be expected to increase tax revenue, because the demand for alcohol is most certainly inelastic.