【单选题】Two and a haft centuries on, most countries impose some sort of tax on alcohol and tobacco. With surging obesity levels putting increasing strain on public health systems, governments around the world...
A.
They are under growing pressure to balance their national budgets.
B.
They find it ever harder to cope with sugar-induced health problems.
C.
The practice of taxing alcohol and tobacco has proved both popular and profitable.
D.
The sugar industry is overtaking alcohol and tobacco business in generating profits.
【单选题】"Sugar, alcohol and tobacco," economist Adam Smith once wrote," are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, which have become objects of almost universal consumption, and which are, therefo...
A.
They were profitable to manufacture.
B.
They were in ever-increasing demand.
C.
They were subject to taxation almost everywhere.
D.
They were no longer considered necessities of life.