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example alcohol and tobacco , candies , drugs, soft drinks , fast foods , coffee , sugar , gambling , and pornography . [ ] two claimed purposes are usually used to argue for such taxes. in contrast to pigovian taxes , which are to pay for the damage to society caused by these goods, sin taxes are used
to increase the price in an effort to lower their use , or failing that, to increase and find new sources of revenue. increasing a sin tax is often more popular than increasing other taxes. however, these taxes have often been criticized for burdening the poor , taxing the physically and mentally dependent...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_tax