Alcohol policy and public health

Australian alcohol policy 2001–2013 and implications for public health

BACKGROUND Despite a complex and multi-faceted alcohol policy environment in Australia, there are few comprehensive reviews of national and state alcohol policies that assess their effectiveness and research support. In mapping the Australian alcohol policy domain and evaluating policy interventions in each of the core policy areas, this article provides a useful resource for researchers. The i...

Alcohol taxation policy in Australia: public health imperatives for action.

The Australian Government's "alcopops" tax legislation will soon be voted on by the Senate. This is the first time in memory that an alcohol taxation measure has been informed principally by public health concerns. Much debate surrounds the utility of alcohol taxation as a measure to reduce alcohol-related harm. However, the harms resulting from alcohol misuse in Australia are at unacceptable l...

Literature Review and Analysis: Public Health and Public Perspectives on Measuring Alcohol Policy Enforcement and Compliance

Towards a global alcohol policy: alcohol, public health and the role of WHO.

In 1983 the World Health Assembly declared alcohol-related problems to be among the world's major health concerns. Since then, alcohol consumption has risen in developing countries, where it takes a heavy toll. Alcohol-related problems are at epidemic levels in the successor states of the Soviet Union and are responsible for 3.5% of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost globally. Substant...

Alcohol policy and the public good.

Despite a diversity of cultural, social and economic experiences with alcohol at national level, a broad unity of purpose is emerging within the alcohol problems perspective. The scientific basis for that perspective finds its support in a sustained international research effort. With the publication in 1994 of the WHO report "Alcohol Policy and the Public Good", that perspective has been given...