Drug and alcohol review
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Drug and alcohol review · Aug 2018
Comparative StudyAlcohol taxes' contribution to prices in high and middle-income countries: Data from the International Alcohol Control Study.
Taxation is increasingly being used as an effective means of influencing behaviour in relation to harmful products. In this paper we use data from six participating countries of the International Alcohol Control Study to examine and evaluate their comparative prices and tax regimes. ⋯ There is considerable variation in tax systems and prices across countries. There is scope to increase taxation and this analysis provides comparable data, including the percentage of tax in final price, from some middle and high-income countries for consideration in policy discussion.