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dc.contributor.authorBabor, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorCaetano, Raul
dc.contributor.authorCasswell, Sally
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Griffith
dc.contributor.authorGlesbrecht, Norman
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Kathryn
dc.contributor.authorGrube, Joel
dc.contributor.authorHill, Linda
dc.contributor.authorHolder, Harold
dc.contributor.authorHomel, Ross
dc.contributor.authorLivingston, Michael
dc.contributor.authorOsterberg, Esa
dc.contributor.authorRehm, Juergen
dc.contributor.authorRoom, Robin
dc.contributor.authorRossow, Ingeborg
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:10:05Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:10:05Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2010-09-24T06:49:49Z
dc.identifier.issn13600443
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02945.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/34225
dc.description.abstractThis article summarizes the contents of Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity (2nd edn). The first part of the book describes why alcohol is not an ordinary commodity, and reviews epidemiological data that establish alcohol as a major contributor to the global burden of disease, disability and death in high-, middle- and low-income countries. This section also documents how international beer and spirits production has been consolidated recently by a small number of global corporations that are expanding their operations in Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. In the second part of the book, the scientific evidence for strategies and interventions that can prevent or minimize alcohol-related harm is reviewed critically in seven key areas: pricing and taxation, regulating the physical availability of alcohol, modifying the drinking context, drink-driving countermeasures, restrictions on marketing, education and persuasion strategies, and treatment and early intervention services. Finally, the book addresses the policy-making process at the local, national and international levels and provides ratings of the effectiveness of strategies and interventions from a public health perspective. Overall, the strongest, most cost-effective strategies include taxation that increases prices, restrictions on the physical availability of alcohol, drink-driving countermeasures, brief interventions with at risk drinkers and treatment of drinkers with alcohol dependence.
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom769
dc.relation.ispartofpageto779
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAddiction
dc.relation.ispartofvolume105
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCauses and Prevention of Crime
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical and Health Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology and Cognitive Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode11
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode17
dc.titleAlcohol: no ordinary commodity - a summary of the second edition
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC2 - Articles (Other)
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHomel, Ross J.


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