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Making Inferences Why do you think governments want to influence the supply of alcohol and tobacco products by imposing excise taxes?

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The main reason why governments want to influence the supply of alcohol and tobacco products by imposing excise taxes is because the health issues involved with these products affects entire nations, so they want to dissuade people from using them. 
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