Policy options for alcohol price regulation: the importance of modelling population heterogeneity

PS Meier, R Purshouse, A Brennan - Addiction, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Context and aims Internationally, the repertoire of alcohol pricing policies has expanded to
include targeted taxation, inflation‐linked taxation, taxation based on alcohol‐by‐volume …

Pricing as a means of controlling alcohol consumption

A Sharma, K Sinha, B Vandenberg - British medical bulletin, 2017 - academic.oup.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on different income and socioeconomic groups: a modelling study

J Holmes, Y Meng, PS Meier, A Brennan, C Angus… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Several countries are considering a minimum price policy for alcohol, but
concerns exist about the potential effects on drinkers with low incomes. We aimed to assess …

Tackling alcohol misuse: purchasing patterns affected by minimum pricing for alcohol

A Ludbrook, D Petrie, L McKenzie, S Farrar - Applied Health Economics …, 2012 - Springer
Background Alcohol consumption is associated with a range of health and social harms that
increase with the level of consumption. Policy makers are interested in effective and cost …

Estimated effect of alcohol pricing policies on health and health economic outcomes in England: an epidemiological model

RC Purshouse, PS Meier, A Brennan, KB Taylor… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
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 …

The Sheffield alcohol policy model–a mathematical description

A Brennan, P Meier, R Purshouse, R Rafia… - Health …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Are alcohol taxation and pricing policies regressive? Product-level effects of a specific tax and a minimum unit price for alcohol

B Vandenberg, A Sharma - Alcohol and alcoholism, 2016 - academic.oup.com
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Model-based appraisal of the comparative impact of Minimum Unit Pricing and taxation policies in Scotland

C Angus, J Holmes, R Pryce, P Meier… - … : ScHARR, University of …, 2016 - stap.nl
2.1 BACKGROUND The Sheffield Alcohol Research Group (SARG) at Sheffield University
have developed the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model (SAPM) over the course of the past …

Supply and demand for alcohol in Australia: relationships between industry structures, regulation and the marketplace

T Stockwell, D Crosbie - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2001 - Elsevier
Aspects of alcohol supply and demand relationships are examined in relation to the two
main beverage varieties in Australia, wine and beer. It is argued that this case study …

How dependent is the alcohol industry on heavy drinking in England?

A Bhattacharya, C Angus, R Pryce, J Holmes… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To understand the extent of the alcohol industry's financial dependence on drinking
above government low‐risk guidelines in England. Design Scenario modelling using …