Taxing Maryland’s boozers 10 cents more for every can of beer — and 80 cents more for a bottle of wine — could save 33 people a year, according to a new study commissioned by supporters of the alcohol tax.
The study concludes the dime-a-drink tax health care advocates are pushing for would indirectly prevent 33 “premature deaths” of the 1,278 that result from alcohol abuse each year in Maryland.
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