I try to view these things differently: we shouldn't tax sugar, fat, alcohol, tobacco, etc., because they are sins that we try to reduce the use of for moral re

I try to view these things differently: we shouldn't tax sugar, fat, alcohol, tobacco, etc., because they are sins that we try to reduce the use of for moral reasons. We should tax them to help mitigate the extra burden the consumers of these products put on the public healthcare system statistically speaking. I speak of course from the perspective of a country with good public healthcare, i.e. most of the developed world.