Chaloupka and colleagues (1993) also concluded that higher beer excise taxes are among the most effective means for reducing drinking and driving in all segments of the population. For example, between 1982 and 1988, a policy adjusting the Federal beer tax for the inflation rate since 1951 would have reduced total fatalities by 11.5 percent and fatalities among 18- to 20-year-olds by 32.1 percent.
