[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Key word for me is "estimate".

Unlike a person whose health deteriorates from excessive smoking or alcohol consumption, there is no way of narrowing down someone's heart problems, weight problems or anything else to.... a soft drink. Unless they literally live on coca cola.

Not to mention, I don't think we've reached the point where anyone diagnosed with cancer can have a "cause" identified outside of hypotheticals.

Even if they could, I don't think taxing will make one iota of difference. No more than tax on alcohol has eradicated alcoholism.

It doesn't estimate the cause...just the numbers :/

Taxing these substances isn't about eradicating anything, it's about attempting to proportion the cost of the cause to the cure.