Exploring the 1991 Federal Alcohol Tax Increase: A Response to Cook and Durrance (2013)

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam J. Hoffer ◽  
William F. Shughart ◽  
Michael D. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Tax

The Efficiency of a Volumetric Alcohol Tax in Australia

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Byrnes ◽  
Dennis J. Petrie ◽  
Christopher M. Doran ◽  
Anthony Shakeshaft
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Tax

scholarly journals Who Would Pay for State Alcohol Tax Increases in the United States?

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy S. Naimi ◽  
James I. Daley ◽  
Ziming Xuan ◽  
Jason G. Blanchette ◽  
Frank J. Chaloupka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Alcohol Tax

scholarly journals Alkohol och äldre

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 417-426
Author(s):  
Tommi Sulander
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Older People ◽  
Alcohol Problems ◽  
Average Amount ◽  
Moderate Drinking ◽  
The Past ◽  
Alcohol Tax ◽  
Heavy Drinkers ◽  
Increasing Trend

T. Sulander: Increasing numbers of older people use alcohol The number of older people using alcohol has increased and abstinence has decreased over the past few decades in Finland. However, the average amount of consumed alcohol per week has remained the same. The rapid lowering of alcohol taxes in 2004 led to a slight increase in alcohol use among people aged 65–84. The number of older people in need of care for their alcohol problems has increased parallel to the increasing trend of moderate drinking. It is, however, difficult to reach heavy drinkers by using different research methods. Therefore, their number in the population could only be estimated. Alcohol use in Finland has been increasing steadily already before the alcohol tax was considerably lowered in 2004. To reverse this negative trend, alcohol taxes should be considerably increased and health promotion activities should be initiated.

The Net Effect of an Alcohol Tax Increase on Death Rates in Middle Age

2005 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J Cook ◽  
Jan Ostermann ◽  
Frank A Sloan
Keyword(s):  
Middle Age ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Alcohol Tax

Tobacco and Alcohol Tax Relationships with Suicide in Switzerland

2005 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akiko Yamasaki ◽  
Masanobu Chinami ◽  
Masao Suzuki ◽  
Yoshihiro Kaneko ◽  
Daisuke Fujita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Suicide Rate ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Alcohol Tax ◽  
Female Suicide Rate ◽  
Consumption Taxes

Previous research has shown an empirical link between tobacco and alcohol use and suicide. If tobacco and alcohol use contribute to suicidal behaviors, then policies designed to reduce the tobacco and alcohol consumption may succeed in reducing suicides as well. To test this hypothesis, correlations for suicide rates with alcohol consumption, taxes on alcohol and tobacco in Switzerland were examined using sets of time-series data from Switzerland in 1965–1994. The tax on tobacco correlated significantly negatively with male standardized suicide rate. The tax on alcohol also correlated significantly with male standardized suicide rate in an autoregressive model. On the other hand, significant relationships with female suicide rate were not found. Policies designed to reduce tobacco consumption are consistent with a benefit of reducing suicides, particularly for men in this sample.

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