NDLI: Alcohol, the individual and society: A call for coherent alcohol policies

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Acronyms and abbreviations

Executive summary

Alcohol: The public health side of a social phenomenon

Trends in alcohol consumption in OECD countries

Social disparities in alcohol drinking

The impact of alcohol consumption on global health

Tackling alcohol-related harms: What policy approaches?

Alcohol advertising and heavy drinking

How does minimum unit pricing for alcohol affect different types of drinkers?

A business case for reducing alcohol-related harm in the workplace

Health and economic impacts of key alcohol policy options

Benefits of population-wide approaches to prevention: The case of minimum alcohol prices

Alcohol, the individual and society: A call for coherent alcohol policies

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Alcohol, the individual and society: A call for coherent alcohol policies

Content Provider	OECD iLibrary
Author	Sassi, Franco
Abstract	While the rationale for government action to tackle harmful alcohol use is strong, the challenges involved in designing, implementing, and building consensus around effective policy measures are daunting. The interests at stake are so powerful and so diverse, and the views of the problem so polarised, that inertia has often been the norm in the past. But action has been gathering new momentum with the emergence of compelling evidence of the health and economic consequences of harmful alcohol use and of the effectiveness of policies to address them. Voices from civil society have been growing stronger, and governments have increasingly recognised their own role in alcohol policy making with major national and international policy initiatives. The evidence available today, to which this book contributes, provides solid foundations for the development of comprehensive, wide-ranging policy strategies to change the social norms upon which long-established harmful drinking habits are based. Initiatives promoted by the alcohol industry may contribute to addressing harmful alcohol use, as part of a multi-stakeholder policy framework, provided that evidence of their impact is available from rigorous and independent evaluations.
Page Count	14
Starting Page	191
Ending Page	204
Language	English
Publisher	OECD Publishing
Publisher Date	2015-05-12
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Social Issues/Migration/Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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