The ratio of decrease was radical and about 30 percent on average, and as a result, Japanese departed from the demand for illegal liquors which were needed as 'anything which could make people drunk.'
引き下げ率は平均30%近くという画期的なもので、これがやがて「酔えば何でもよい」という闇酒への需要から日本人が脱却するきっかけとなった。