Addiction
Alcohol taxes protective against binge drinking, study shows
Higher alcohol taxes strongly protect against binge drinking, according to a new study by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers.
Jan 5, 2015
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Only a fraction of the costs of excessive drinking are paid for by alcohol taxes
The total harm caused by excessive alcohol consumption is a staggering $2.05 per drink in the United States, and, of this, the government ends up paying about 80 cents per drink. However, the federal government and states ...
Sep 11, 2019
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Renewed calls for sugar, tobacco and alcohol taxes
A Massey University professor is among an international group drawn from academia and international agencies, including the World Bank, United Nations (UN) and World Health Organisation (WHO), calling for taxes on sugar, ...
Jun 18, 2018
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Powdered alcohol approved by US regulators
(HealthDay)—U.S. regulators have approved a controversial powdered alcohol product called Palcohol, which is meant to be mixed into drinks.
Mar 12, 2015
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Excessive drinkers, high income households pay majority of state alcohol tax increases
People who drink too much and those with higher household incomes would pay more following an increase in state alcohol taxes than those who drink less and have lower household incomes, according to a new study led by researchers ...
May 19, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
An increase in alcohol tax appears to have decreased gonorrhea rates in Maryland by 24 percent
Increasing state alcohol taxes could help prevent sexually transmitted infections, such as gonorrhea, according to University of Florida Health researchers, who found that gonorrhea rates decreased by 24 percent in Maryland ...
Dec 9, 2015
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New WHO signature initiative shows raising alcohol taxes could save 130,000 lives per year
Across the European region, alcohol consumption leads to almost one million deaths each year from a wide range of causes, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), as well as infectious ...
Mar 1, 2022
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Philippines raises tobacco, alcohol taxes
The Philippines Thursday raised tobacco and alcohol taxes in a reform President Benigno Aquino hailed as helping to liberate "more Filipinos from the vices of smoking and drinking".
Dec 20, 2012
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Alcohol taxes cut since 2013 and thousands may have died as a result—new research
Alcohol taxes are a controversial subject. Almost every country in the world has some form of taxation on alcohol but there is huge variation in the way that countries tax alcohol and the levels at which they set these taxes. ...
Oct 11, 2019
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Addiction
Some young Nigerians say heavy drinking is fun: Controls must keep pace with culture
Alcohol consumption has a long history in Nigeria, especially in the southern region, where it was not forbidden by religion. In the past, only adult men were culturally allowed to drink. It was taboo for young people to ...
Oct 25, 2021
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