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Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity . A summary of the book
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00520.x
Subject(s) - commodity , context (archaeology) , psychological intervention , harm , public economics , persuasion , alcohol , environmental health , business , political science , economics , medicine , psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , law , paleontology , finance , biology , biochemistry , chemistry
This article summarizes the contents of Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity—Research and public policy (Babor et al . 2003). The first part of the book describes why alcohol is no ordinary commodity, and presents epidemiological data on the global burden of alcohol‐related problems. The second part of the book reviews the scientific evidence for strategies and interventions designed to prevent or minimize alcohol‐related harm: pricing and taxation, regulating the physical availability of alcohol, modifying the drinking context, drinking‐driving countermeasures, regulating alcohol promotion, education and persuasion strategies and treatment services. The final section considers the policymaking process on the local, national and international levels, and provides a synthesis of evidence‐based strategies and interventions from a policy perspective.