A proposal is under discussion to end the earmarked "เงินบำรุง" from alcohol and tobacco taxes, which funds Thai Health Promotion Foundation (สสส.), Thai PBS, the elderly fund and the national sports development fund. Together they receive about 14 billion baht a year, about 0.4% of the national budget. An economics lecturer at Chulalongkorn argues the question is whether each fund's purpose still matters and whether there are real review rules, not simply keep or scrap. For a business owner this is mainly background: no direct change to tax rates or fees is announced, but sectors tied to alcohol, tobacco or health-related projects should watch how funding for these agencies' programmes changes.