Is it possible to make a population addicted to a luxury product?

[monicaida25]

In the early versions, I remember building a bunch of subsidized food factories producing very cheap liquor and exporting it to Europe, and within a couple of decades I noticed that some populations were obsessed with liquor, and I thought I had done it, but now I try again and it doesn't work, I'm even growing very cheap opium and trying to export it to the American market, and it's really cheap, but consumption in the American market hasn't increased by 3 in decades.

[Alex]

Yes, a presence of a luxury good on the market has a low chance of triggering an "obsession".
https://vic3.paradoxwikis.com/Standard_of_living#Obsessions_and_taboos
Here's a list with the probabilities:
https://vic3.paradoxwikis.com/Goods#Luxury_goods

[monicaida25]

in the wiki: £1,000... does it means one pound or a thousand?

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2274944075026923121/2BA518CF3ED80EA0EA81E5B823BFCC716948BC67/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

So I suppose there is not much to do here, this has been the situation practically since the beginning of the game, but I am curious that the population does not begin to consume this, a progressive increase in consumption could occur, I mean... it is extremely cheap.

[Alex]

Originally posted by monicaida25:

in the wiki: £1,000... does it means one pound or a thousand?

Yes, it means a thousand "pounds". I guess the yankees prefer their atrocious "bourbon"?

[monicaida25]

I remember that in previous versions, the Yankee culture was obsessed with coffee, which was terribly effective, I don't know why this was changed, it's a shame

[Alex]

You could try to export more into the american market, ignoring the low "productivity".

[monicaida25]

That's the point, I can't, I have large surpluses of opium, but the only amount I can export is 5 because they don't accept more and they don't consume more over time.

I thought that when a commodity was very cheap, it created little by little more demand, I mean, if I don't consume beer, and one day this appears ridiculously cheap in the supermarket, I would buy it from time to time because it doesn't affect me. pocket, and so little by little other people do the same.

[Alex]

Unfortunately, the demand growth mechanic is not explained anywhere.