Cheap Beer, High Cost: How Colombia’s Beer Industry Endangers Youth and Blocks Public Health Progress

Colombia’s beer industry is flooding communities with ultra-cheap alcohol while blocking life-saving public health measures.
Bavaria and Andina’s – meaning beer giants AB InBev and Heineken – predatory pricing policies, marketing and aggressive lobbying tactics are driving massive harm – especially among children and youth – while maximising private profits thanks to favourable and discriminatory tax treatment.
It’s time to end this injustice: raising alcohol taxes is a powerful, proven, and fair solution to protect young people, promote health, and put people before profits.

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