Au Contraire, again you demonstrate a complete lack of understanding of micro economics.
Alcohol is a discretionary expense, so rising the cost leads people to buy less of it because other wise they can't afford their non-discretionary expenses
Taxes on alcohol and tobacco are what we call Pigovian taxes, that is a tax on the negative externalities of consumption which in the case of alcohol and tobacco is health. So with higher prices people consume less alcohol and tobacco which reduces the social cost of treating health issues. In theory those taxes go towards the public health system.
Funny enough
@picastoc had not heard of pigovian taxes until I mentioned it
We had an assignment in an economics class at uni where we needed to select an article from an newspaper and apply economic theory to it.I picked an article title along the lines of
"20 cent increase in beer reduces sexually transmitted diseases in young adults"I got 100% mark, in a nut shell young adults have less disposable income so the increase in the cost of beer means the buy less, get drunk less and don't engage in promiscuous sex without protection as much so reduces the social cost of treating STD's
