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In the UK we measured alcohol in units the recommended limit being 14/ week. Spirits like vodka are served in 1 unit = 25ml. So their low to medium drinking is already more than the UK national recommendation by 4 drinks and you'd be getting advice on how to reduce your drinking by a Dr. Though that 450ml/week is real easy to get to that's one vodka and coke per day if your free pouring rather than measuring. Many lay people wouldn't consider that a problem at all.
Admittedly we do have a fairly problematic relationship with alcohol in this country.
Definitely agree with your take to make booze harder to get and more highly taxed like smoking. At least the younger generations seem to not be drinking so much.
Yeah, I've seen a lot of articles saying that GenZ is drinking less overall, and what they're buying is nicer, which is making it harder for the alcopop companies that sell bulk cheap booze.
I think we tax alcohol higher in the States, and it depends on where you live for how difficult it is. Some places you can't get any alcohol at the grocery store, some you can buy beer/wine at the grocery store, but anything harder is at a state-run liquor store, and some places they'll sell you vodka at Walmart. There's more variance, but yeah, depending on where you live alcohol's more difficult to get than cigarettes, since those are at most grocery stores.
Anywhere you can buy food here you can probably get alcohol. Corner shops, petrol stations, supermarkets all have booze.