> And hopefully it can then steer people towards better choices. As a counterexample, tobacco taxation is less effective for reducing smoking than alternative

> And hopefully it can then steer people towards better choices. As a counterexample, tobacco taxation is less effective for reducing smoking than alternative policies [1]. So, yes, we can hope that higher taxes help people make better choices. Or we can implement better policies that are known to be more effective. [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20250323131704/https://tobacco.ucsf.edu/tobacco-taxes-are-not-most-effective-tobacco-control-policy-actually-implemented https://web.archive.org/web/20250323131704/https://tobacco.u...