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Public-health advocates urge 10¢-per-drink excise increase to fund prevention and treatment
Summary
Public-health and advocacy witnesses urged the Joint Committee on Revenue to support S.2029, saying a roughly 10¢ increase in the alcohol excise tax would reduce harmful consumption and provide a dedicated funding stream for prevention and treatment programs.
Multiple public-health experts and advocacy organizations told the Joint Committee on Revenue that S.2029—an increase in the alcohol excise tax the witnesses described as roughly 10¢ per drink—would reduce alcohol consumption and generate new revenue for prevention, treatment and community services.
An early witness identified himself as a "PhD level neuroscientist and public health advocate" and cited World Health Organization and International Agency for Research on Cancer findings, saying "alcohol is a toxic, psychoactive and dependence…
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