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Didn't we try that with prohibition?

• jmondi 7y ago
  Um, prohibition is the complete ban of all alcohol. umvi is proposing the ban of alcohol related advertising. One is completely different than the other.
• mfatica 7y ago
  Banning advertising of something is a bit different than banning the thing itself
• deleted 7y ago
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• jhrmnn 7y ago
  The Scandinavian countries show that if you do not prohibit completely, but just make people jump through some hoops to get it and/or make it very expensive, it sort of works.
  • retiredcoder 7y ago
    I find that there is much more smoking (including indoor) and drinking in Denmark than most of any other place I lived, or maybe I am just older now and can’t the hangovers are much longer??
    • dmoy 7y ago
      Maybe they meant Sweden/Norway only? I'm not sure. I think the alcohol tax in Sweden is like a full 7x higher than Denmark. I could be wrong there. This is second hand from an old co worker, and years out of date.
      • jhrmnn 7y ago
        Yes, I had Iceland, Norway, and Sweden in mind. Iceland is very strict. Denmark is pretty continental in this regard.
  • johnnyletrois 7y ago
    I think Swedes just end up buying more when visiting systembolaget. And students buy van loads on road trips to Germany.