This report presents the latest literature overview of effective alcohol policies, and includes data from the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in the areas of alcohol consumption, harm and policy approaches.
The data presented were collected from a survey in 2011….”
Content:
Introduction
Alcohol as a health issue
Policy responses
– The impact of alcohol on health
– Societal burden of alcohol
– Unrecorded and illicit alcohol
– Information and education
– Reducing injuries and death from alcohol-related road crashes
– Community action
– Drinking environments
– Availability of alcohol
– The impact of alcohol marketing
– Pricing of alcohol
– Overview of effectiveness and cost–effectiveness
– Common evidence base and monitoring
– EU status report on public health policies on alcohol 2011
– Conclusions
– References
Annex 1 Adult per capita alcohol consumption in the EU, candidate countries, Norway and Switzerland (2009)
Annex 2 Lifetime abstainers in the EU, candidate countries, Norway and Switzerland by country and gender (2009)
Annex 3 Rates of heavy episodic drinking (binge-drinking)
Annex 4 Core findings and conclusions for EU-financed and co-financed projects since 2006
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