Introduction While evidence that alcohol pricing policies reduce alcohol-related health harm
is robust, and alcohol taxation increases are a WHO “best buy” intervention, there is a lack of …

Background Although pricing policies for alcohol are known to be effective, little is known
about how specific interventions affect health-care costs and health-related quality-of-life …

Background Reducing the affordability of alcohol, by increasing its price, is the most effective
strategy for controlling alcohol consumption and reducing harm. Sources of data We review …

Background Alcohol use and its burden constitute one of the largest public health
challenges in the WHO European Region. Raising alcohol taxes is a cost-effective" best …

Abstract Background and Aims The World Health Organization recommends increasing
alcohol taxes as a 'best‐buy'approach to reducing alcohol consumption and improving …

Background This paper contributes to the evidence-base on prices and alcohol use by
presenting meta-analytic summaries of price and income elasticities for alcohol beverages …

Objective: To estimate the potential health benefits and cost savings of an alcohol tax rate
that applies equally to all alcoholic beverages based on their alcohol content (volumetric …

Objectives. We systematically reviewed the effects of alcohol taxes and prices on alcohol-
related morbidity and mortality to assess their public health impact. Methods. We searched …

This methodology paper sets out a mathematical description of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy
Model version 2.0, a model to evaluate public health strategies for alcohol harm reduction in …

Aims To compare estimated effects of two policy alternatives,(i) a minimum unit price (MUP)
for alcohol and (ii) specific (per-unit) taxation, upon current product prices, per capita …