True, but, I dunno, since it improves overall health of the population, I&#x27;m for it.  It&#x27;s not like they&#x27;re banning them or taxing them prohibitively, it&#x27;s more like they are taxing externalities.<p>That said, one interesting thing I heard about the really poor (at least in India) is that they&#x27;ll spend a third of their income on junk --as it gives them a &quot;little pleasure&quot; to endure the day. So, this has the potential to be a tax unintentionally skewed against poor people.