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Survey: Majority of Germans Support Higher Taxes on Tobacco and Alcohol for Health Financing
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Should cigarettes and schnapps become more expensive? According to a survey, a narrow majority is in favour of reducing the burden on the health system.
A survey shows that 51% of German citizens are in favour of higher taxes on tobacco and alcohol. The opinion on sugar taxes is uneven, while almost half are in favour of a uniform health insurance scheme.
Faced with growing financial problems in the healthcare system and new cost-cutting proposals from an expert commission, a narrow majority of Germans support higher taxes on tobacco and spirits. In a survey conducted by the Insa opinion research institute for the "Bild am Sonntag" newspaper, 51 percent of respondents favored higher taxes on cigarettes and spirits to relieve the financial burden on the healthcare system. 43 percent opposed such t…
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