>>212082105 (OP)Daaaamn. You Scandinavians are the only people whose costs of living can make ours look cheap. We’ve always had fairly cheap booze at the retail level, though; I think a 70cl bottle of name-brand stuff is only around $22, and there are cheaper options and sales.
I was surprised to learn that tobacco is also cheaper here than in some places; it’s always seemed expensive. I guess we’re not interested in sin taxes.
Does the high price and restricted availability of alcohol successfully reduce your countrymen’s risk of drinking themselves to death? We are pretty drunken, but our cirrhosis rates remain lower than in France.