00:00Which states clamp down the most on tobacco, alcohol and food choices?
00:10The 2025 Nanny State Index ranked Turkey as the most interventionist state among 29 surveyed,
00:17the only one that banned e-cigarettes outright.
00:20The UK takes the toughest stance on tobacco with a 411 euro tax per kilogram.
00:26England already outlawed cigarette-bending machines in 2011,
00:31while in less than two years the UK will ban everyone born in or after 2009 from ever buying tobacco.
00:39Lithuania has the highest score among EU countries.
00:43It's the only member state where you have to be 20 years old to buy alcohol.
00:48Like Latvia, it also restricted energy drinks, banning sales to anyone under 18 since 2015.
00:55When it comes to food and drinks, Hungary tops the list.
01:00It has the most extensive taxation on food and soft drinks,
01:04targeting products like pre-cooked pasta, sweets, sugary drinks, salty snacks and seasoning
01:10on top of a standard VAT rate of 27%.
01:14Rounding out the Nanny State Index top 10 are Finland, Ireland, Poland, Estonia and Sweden.
01:21In Sweden, in any case, studies have proved that raising taxes on products like alcohol and cigarettes helps to reduce consumption.
01:30Ed, in Canada, London...
01:31Are the ones still there...
01:32...we have learned from them...
01:33...the different former citizens of Sweden...
01:35...ourced...
01:36...in the US African-American people with a number of fasting,
01:38...a health of the European children,
01:39...a health of them...
01:40...with a more than 200% of their families.
01:42…and the US African-American people with a national Александра,
01:43...to be more of an immediate salvation for the country.
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