Alcohol Drinking - Economics
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The role of research in the failure of the alcopops excise in Australia: what have we learned?

15 Aug 2009 We believe that a lack of adequate alcohol measures research is partly responsible for the failure of the Australian Government to pass legislation to equalise the excise applied to straight spirits and premixed spirits ("alcopops"). Current ... Read more...

The burden of alcohol-related ill health in the United Kingdom.

Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Although moderate alcohol consumption has been shown to confer a protective effect for specific diseases, current societal patterns of alcohol use impose a huge health and economic burden on modern society. This study presents a method ... Read more...

Cost-effectiveness of an opportunistic screening programme and brief intervention for excessive alcohol use in primary care.

25 May 2009 BACKGROUND: Effective prevention of excessive alcohol use has the potential to reduce the public burden of disease considerably. We investigated the cost-effectiveness of Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for excessive alcohol use in primary ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Alcohol Drinking - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Supermarket chains warn that minimum pricing of alcohol will not stop binge drinking. 14 Oct 2009
• Alcohol and social marketing. 6 Sep 2009
• The role of research in the failure of the alcopops excise in Australia: what have we learned? 15 Aug 2009
• Alcohol excise taxes. 30 Jul 2009
• UK government may consider minimum price for alcohol. 18 Jul 2009
• Health experts reject industry-backed funding for alcohol research. 13 Jun 2009
• National alcohol policy after "alcopops": what next? 13 Jun 2009
• The burden of alcohol-related ill health in the United Kingdom. Jun 2009
• Cost-effectiveness of an opportunistic screening programme and brief intervention for excessive alcohol use in primary care. 25 May 2009
• Studies back minimum pricing on alcohol to save lives. 17 May 2009
• The social and economic determinants of smoking in Moscow, Russia. 16 May 2009
• The role of monthly spending money in college student drinking behaviors and their consequences. 29 Apr 2009
• UK alcohol policy: a costly decision for public health. 16 Apr 2009
• Sociodemographic differences in binge drinking among adults--14 States, 2004. Apr 2009
• Objective and subjective social class gradients for substance use among Mexican adolescents. 30 Mar 2009
• Weakening of one more alcohol control pillar: a review of the effects of the alcohol tax cuts in Finland in 2004. 30 Mar 2009
• Reducing harm from alcohol. 18 Mar 2009
• Target cheap drinking as we did passive smoking, says chief medical officer. 15 Mar 2009
• The "alcopops" tax: heading in the right direction. 14 Mar 2009
• No more business as usual: enticing companies to sharply lower the public health costs of the products they sell. 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Alcohol Drinking'

Definition: Behaviors associated with the ingesting of alcoholic beverages, including social drinking.

Descriptor UI: D000428

Alternative terms: Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol Consumption; Consumption, Alcohol; Drinking, Alcohol;

Related Mesh Headings: Alcoholism; Temperance;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; drug therapy; economics; epidemiology; ethnology; genetics; history; immunology; legislation & jurisprudence; metabolism; mortality; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; therapy; trends; urine;

Tree Number: F01.145.317.269;

History Note: 69

Technical Notes: drunkenness = ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION but binge drinking & acute alcohol intox = ETHANOL /pois; chronic alcohol consumption = ALCOHOLISM; TEMPERANCE is available for "abstinence from alcohol" but do not confuse with alcohol withdrawal (see note under ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM & SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME)