In the past, visitors to municipal indoor swimming pools were asked to pay in order to be forced to purchase a small bar of soap with their admission ticket. – In some countries – England until 1853, France until 1878 – a tax on soap (soap tax). However, it was abolished again for reasons of epidemics control. Soap was originally considered a luxury item (soap was heavily taxed as a luxury item, and so it was only readily available to the rich). To this day, soap remains a luxury product in some regions of the world (unaffordable for the average private household).
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