TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol
T2 - Taking a population perspective
AU - Gilmore, William
AU - Chikritzhs, Tanya
AU - Stockwell, Tim
AU - Jernigan, David
AU - Naimi, Timothy
AU - Gilmore, Ian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Macmillan Publishers Limited.
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - Alcohol consumption is a global phenomenon, as is the resultant health, social and economic harm. The nature of these harms varies with different drinking patterns and with the societal and political responses to the burden of harm; nevertheless, alcohol-related chronic diseases have a major effect on health. Strong evidence exists for the effectiveness of different strategies to minimize this damage and those policies that target price, availability and marketing of alcohol come out best, whereas those using education and information are much less effective. However, these policies can be portrayed as anti-libertarian and so viewing them in the context of alcohol-related harm to those other than the drinker, such as the most vulnerable in society, is important. When this strategy is successful, as in Scotland, it has been possible to pass strong and effective legislation, such as for a minimum unit price for alcohol.
AB - Alcohol consumption is a global phenomenon, as is the resultant health, social and economic harm. The nature of these harms varies with different drinking patterns and with the societal and political responses to the burden of harm; nevertheless, alcohol-related chronic diseases have a major effect on health. Strong evidence exists for the effectiveness of different strategies to minimize this damage and those policies that target price, availability and marketing of alcohol come out best, whereas those using education and information are much less effective. However, these policies can be portrayed as anti-libertarian and so viewing them in the context of alcohol-related harm to those other than the drinker, such as the most vulnerable in society, is important. When this strategy is successful, as in Scotland, it has been possible to pass strong and effective legislation, such as for a minimum unit price for alcohol.
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U2 - 10.1038/nrgastro.2016.70
DO - 10.1038/nrgastro.2016.70
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27188823
AN - SCOPUS:84969256506
SN - 1759-5045
VL - 13
SP - 426
EP - 434
JO - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology
JF - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology
IS - 7
ER -