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Alcohol taxation policy in Australia: public health imperatives for action
Author(s) -
Mooney Gavin H
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02649.x
Subject(s) - action (physics) , citation , journal of public health , library science , sociology , psychology , public health , computer science , medicine , health policy , public health policy , nursing , physics , quantum mechanics
MJA 2009; 190: 437–439 a comprehensive approach to alcohol problems in Australia. he soo me T Australian Government’s “alcopops” tax legislation will n be voted on by the Senate. This is the first time in mory that an alcohol taxation measure has been informed principally by public health concerns, even though it has not been universally seen as such. Regardless of the outcome of the Senate vote, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) argues that a broader review of alcohol taxation policy is needed as part of a comprehensive approach to alcohol-related problems in Australia.