In some countries, an increasing number of people are suffering from health problems due to eating too much unhealthy food. It is, therefore, necessary for governments to impose a higher tax on this kind of food. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

The number of people, who have different diseases, caused by eating fast

foods

, is increasing day today. In my perspective, the introduction of an excise duty could increase the final prices of these

foods

, which may reduce consumption of them. The price

rate

and the consumption

rate

– are two inversely proportional figures. If the

first

indication is increasing, the

second

one is decreasing.

Hence

rising

tax

rates could be an effective measure, which may restrict the

further

spread of

this

bad trend. According to some research, individuals prefer junk

foods

due to their prices, not because of their flavour characteristics, as it is known, these

foods

are cheaper than their healthier analogies. And, by the introduction of an excise

tax

, prices of that two types of

foods

, healthy and unhealthy, might become equal. If fat

foods

became more expensive, individuals’ preferences would be changed.

For instance

, according to the statistic, in countries, which already have adopted

this

tax

regime, junk

foods

consumption is reduced by more than half. Should be considered, that increasing taxes could cause some negative consequences.

First

and foremost, small businesses would be suffered.

Furthermore

, the unemployment

rate

could be increased.

However

, with government support, all these mentioned issues could be solved. In order to escape these bad consequences, the authorities should take other actions alongside changing

tax

rates, like organizing sports events, developing leisure sporting activities for citizens. These steps,

also

, could contribute to creating new jobs opportunities.

In addition

, propaganda healthy lifestyle, rising education level, and, changing eating culture among civilians, could have a positive impact on individuals’ health conditions. In conclusion, increasing the

tax

rate

or the introduction of the excise

tax

, despite some insignificant consequences, could bring a positive result and improve the above-mentioned negative trend. In my opinion, it is not a single stage, which could help to solve

this

problem, but, it is the main one.