Framing the policy debate over spirits excise tax in Poland

Framing the policy debate over spirits excise tax in Poland.

Industry lobbying remains an obstacle to effective health-oriented alcohol policy. In 2013, an increase in excise tax on spirits was announced by the Polish government. This article presents a qualitative analysis of the public debate that ensued on the potential economic, health and social effects of the policy. It focuses on how competing groups, including industry actors, framed their positi...

Excise Taxes, Consumer Demand, Over-Shifting, and Tax Revenue

The global debate over HIV-related travel restrictions: framing and policy change.

In 2010, the US repealed Section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which stated that a non-citizen determined to have a 'communicable disease of public health significance', is not admissible into the country without a waiver. This included HIV+ non-citizens. In the same year, several other countries, including China and South Korea, removed similar restrictions. This paper examine...

Framing the Debate

Computer In Computer’s January 2002 issue, Barry Boehm presented a fresh look at a set of software development methods often referred to as agile or extreme programming (“Get Ready for Agile Methods, with Care,” Jan. 2002, pp. 64-69). This favorable assessment by one of the software establishment’s leading lights prompted the latest of several e-mail dialogues between Boehm and software luminar...

Increasing the federal excise tax on cigarettes.

In fiscal year 1970, U.S. federal cigarette tax revenues accounted for 13 percent of all federal excise tax collections and 1 percent of total federal budget receipts. By fiscal year 1980, federal cigarette tax revenues accounted for only 10 percent of all federal excise tax collections and only 0.5 percent of total federal budget receipts.’ In fiscal year 1970, U.S. state and local cigarette t...