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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/extra-duty-on-highstrength-beer.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Taxes on high-strength beers and lagers are to be increased next year" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-extra-duty-on-highstrength-beer.jpg" alt="Taxes on high-strength beers and lagers are to be increased next year"/></a></p>
<p>Taxes on high-strength beers and lagers are to be increased as part of a drive to encourage responsible drinking.</p>
<p>The additional duty will come into effect from autumn 2011 and will be imposed on beer with a strength above 7.5% alcohol by volume, said Downing Street.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, duties on low-alcohol beers with a strength of 2.8% or less will be reduced.</p>
<p>The amount of the new tax will be revealed by Chancellor George Osborne in his Budget next spring. Prime Minister David Cameron&#8217;s spokesman declined to comment on its size, but said it is intended to be large enough to influence drinkers&#8217; behaviour.</p>
<p>The Public Health White Paper makes clear that ministers are determined to tackle the issue of problem drinking.</p>
<p>&#8220;We need a new approach to public health, one that directly involves the many influences on our choices,&#8221; says the paper, being launched by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.</p>
<p>&#8220;Too many people die too young, spending too long suffering from preventable ill-health, such as through alcohol abuse. The failures of policy to date are clear to see, as we have 1.6 million people dependent on alcohol.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Cameron&#8217;s spokesman said the decisions on the strength levels at which the new duties will be applied reflected research by health and homelessness groups about the problems associated with super-strength lager.</p>
<p>&#8220;The objective is to encourage the production and consumption of lower-strength, rather than higher strength beers,&#8221; said the spokesman.</p>
<p>&#8220;Clearly, tax is one of the instruments by which we can create incentives for production and consumption to change. The intention is to incentivise people to make different choices.&#8221;</p>
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