The effects of favouring lower alcohol content beverages: Four examples from Finland:

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

EsaÖsterberg¹ 

关键词: Substitution;    addiction;    alcohol control measures;    alcohol consumption;    arrests for drunkenness;    Finl;   

DOI  :  10.2478/v10199-012-0004-0

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

AimsThis paper studies the possibility of substituting the consumption of one alcoholic beverage category for another by changing alcohol control measures. It examines four Finnish examples: the waiving in 1952 of the requirement to show a special identity card issued by the alcohol monopoly Alko for buying fortifed wines; again binding the sales of fortifed wines to Alko's identity card in 1958; a 1960s alcohol price policy favouring wines and beer over vodka; and the change in alcohol legislation in 1968, which allowed selling medium beer in grocery stores but left the off-premise sales of all stronger alcoholic beverages to Alko's liquor stores.DataData on recorded consumption of alcoholic beverages in terms of 100 per cent alcohol per capita according to beverage categories will be used together with the numbers of arrests for drunkenness according to beverage categories as well as different data sources on changes in alcohol control measures.Results & ConclusionsThe four examples from Finland show th...

【 授权许可】

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