Friday, February 04, 2005

Sales of alcopops fall as tax kicks in / SwissInfo, 2 Feb 2005

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=111&sid=5500365
"Teenagers and young adults have been buying fewer alcopops since higher taxes on the designer drinks were introduced in Switzerland a year ago. The fall in sales answers the concerns of parliament and alcohol abuse experts who feared the sweet tipples were leading unwary youngsters towards alcoholism."