Majority are Mormons. They don't drink. But having liquor stores state run probably reduces alcohol intake. Same would be the case with grocery stores.
So do you say NYC running grocery stores is socialism but Utah running liquor stores is not? And how about another conservative red state becoming the first state, ahead of even ahem California, requiring warning labels for additives to food ............ Texas. Is that not nanny-state behavior? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/texas-passes-law-mandating-warning-111909006.html Texas passes law mandating warning labels for food additives
nyc state run grocery stores is a socialist concept that has been tried before. Utah liquor stores are a religious relic. Almost everything government run is a loss. Whoever is providing those warning labels is probably a gov't insider milking it.
In 1987 I went to visit my friend in Provo who was attending BYU & there were no liquor stores in Provo. I think even in large supermarkets there was no liquor. Technically it wasn't illegal to sell liquor but the city hadn't issued a liquor license since Prohibition. He lived in a frathouse & they used to go to the nearest town that sold liquor and buy tons of it for their weekly parties and such. The funniest thing I remember from that visit was that some of his frat buddies told me that when you came to BYU you had to sign a Purity Oath where you promised to live life like the Mormon Church preached - aka no liquor, no sex & Church attendance every Sunday. That was funny since they all were drunk every night & having orgies with Mormon girls.
Looking into it further I see there are 17 states that run, regulate and/or control liquor distribution. Some of them red, some blue. All about controlling behavior. They'll never learn, especially the bible folks. NH is one of the 17, so it all depends of the definition of the word ..... free.
I skied Park City, Alta, Snowbird, Brighton, sometimes staying in Salt Lake City area each morning driving up Little and Big Cottonwood Canyon Roads to the mountains, starting in the early 80's. There were state-run liquors there. The bars up in the mountains had a gimmick that for a nominal fee you joined their "club" for your stay. And they served airplanes-sized bottles of vodka or whatever with a setup (glass, soda etc and ice). As well you could buy a full-size bottle at the state store, BYB to bar and they would hold it there for you till you finished it off. Mormons are business people too. It was fine for the "big" city SLC and the resorts. I haven't been out there in years but I'm sure like most places times are a changin'.