Author:
Giesbrecht Norman,Greenfield Thomas K.,Anglin Lise,Johnson Suzanne
Abstract
Based on a study examining the development, modification, and blockage of U.S. federal alcohol policy during the 1980s and 1990s, this paper focuses on alcohol prices and taxes. Data consist of 64 in-depth interviews of experts on U.S. federal alcohol policy, supplemented by findings from archival government reports, trade journals, and the research literature. Prior research has shown an association between increases in price and decreases in per capita consumption and certain aggregated problem rates. Using analysis of the interview material, we illustrate and interpret the perspectives of those who agree and of those who disagree with tax increases on alcoholic beverages. We offer interpretations of the relatively low attention given to this effective intervention by policy makers and offer some grounds for optimism that federal tax increases on alcoholic beverages, in conjunction with other, less proven control measures, might yet be acceptable to the general public and beneficial to public health.
Subject
Law,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health Policy,Health(social science)
Cited by
8 articles.
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