This topic hopes to explore whether alcohol consumption, aside from perhaps being a deviant behavior from the morality of Botswana as a conservative nation, has any adverse effects and costs on the overall economy and health of the country. . Is increasing alcohol laws and levies as remedial measures the most appropriate or most beneficial and least costly course of action to attempt to deter such a health epidemic, if indeed it is? the case? If not, what is the cost of the analyzed counteractive measures that can be used to preserve the country's economy while improving the health of the population once implemented. In addition, it will also examine the consequences of the recent implementation of the tobacco tax and the corrective measures that could otherwise be used, if any, if the results are harmful to the health of the economy and the population . qualitative review of existing literature from all media, documents and academic resources to study the effects and costs of alcohol consumption and tobacco use on the economy and health of Botswana. Hoping to be informative on the consequences of the laws and compensatory levies used, whether positive or negative, and to suggest more cost-analysed measures, if necessary. The literature was collected to answer the following research questions:1. Are alcohol consumption and smoking health problems? in what ways are they and what statistics or possible reports have been generated?2. If alcohol consumption and smoking are indeed health problems, how do they negatively affect the country to constitute an intervention, economic or otherwise?3. What preventive measures are employed against alcohol consumption and...... middle of paper ...... ever, their imposed health effects are indeterminable due to limited or no literature. The impact/effect of other preventive measures related to tobacco and alcohol consumption could not be assessed due to the limited number of publications. Therefore, due to the outdated, non-existent and limited literature currently available in this study, it is suggested that future studies use empirical methods to determine the results and actually attempt to enumerate and generate statistics relating to drug consumption. alcohol and smoking. health problems and economic impact. The impact of the economic and health consequences of the corrective measures imposed should also be examined. Furthermore, future studies could study the two variables of alcohol consumption and smoking separately in order to be efficient and comprehensive of all the considerable possibilities..