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A response to beer-industry propaganda |
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What about underage youth and beer? Beer is the choice alcoholic beverage of underage persons. It's the most easily accessible and generally the cheapest alcoholic beverage for youth to obtain. Industry spends billions of dollars on marketing campaigns to attract the next generation of heavy drinkers -- those people whose drinking will line producers' pockets.
Spending more than $74 billion on beer in 2002, Americans drink beer more than any other alcoholic beverage. Not only is beer the most commonly consumed alcoholic beverage; beer drinking accounts for most of the hazardous alcohol consumption reported in the United States.
Government studies show that beer is the drink most commonly consumed by people stopped for alcohol-impaired driving or involved in alcohol-related crashes.
Beer isn't the only alcoholic beverage that can cause harm. Consumption of any alcoholic beverage, such as wine, liquor, or alcopops, can lead to riots, violence, and contracting STDs, among other problems.
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The Incredible Shrinking Beer Tax
Because the federal government and many states haven't raised beer tax rates in many years, the value of beer taxes has eroded over time. In effect, the impact of excise taxes on the price of beer has decreased dramatically.
Beer Companies Oppose Pro-Health & Safety Reforms
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