Bacon is not Halal so it seems it needs to go according to the new world order, they wan't to tax it out of existence!!!
WHY STOP AT SMOKES? LET’S TAX BACON TOO
Ashley Fruno
September 6, 2017 12:26pm
Ashley Fruno is PETA Australia’s associate director.
The biggest difference between eating a bacon cheeseburger and smoking is that one is more socially acceptable than the other.
A few decades ago, smoking was also considered normal. You could light up almost anywhere, tobacco companies were able to freely advertise and you were considered rude if you did not have an ashtray in your home for guests.
We already pay extra taxes on cigarettes, alcohol, and petrol to help offset the health and environmental costs of these items, so it’s reasonable to expect people to pay more for unhealthy — and unnecessary — foods that harm both humans and animals, and contribute significantly to climate change.
Adding an excise on processed meats to match the tabacco tax would at least tip the scales towards a healthier, cleaner and kinder future for Australia.
THE beginning of September came with another hike in the
price of cigarettes.
It’s a move which, on the one hand, will encourage some people to stop smoking and, on the other, will generate revenue to support the health-care costs associated with exposure to carcinogens such as tobacco.
The strategy seems to be working, since Australia now has one of the lowest rates of smoking in the world. However, we still have one of the highest rates of cancer.
In an effort to become healthier — not to mention more sensible — shouldn’t we raise taxes on the other cancer-causing substances we put in our mouths?
In 2015, Australia earned the dubious distinction of being named the meat-eating capital of the world. In the same year, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified processed meats as
carcinogenic to humans based on evidence that their consumption increases the risk of developing colorectal cancer.
This placed bacon, ham, and sausages right alongside cigarettes in the category of products that incontrovertibly harm human health. In the same report, WHO also announced that red meats were “probably carcinogenic”.
