Format
Book
Publication Date
Published by / Citation
Drug and Alcohol Findings
Keywords
population health
alcohol
Politics
national policy
cost-benefit
cost-offset
costs
benefits
morbidity
mortality

Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic: Measuring Alcohol-Related Harm: Politics and Science

At national level alcohol-related harm and especially the net cost of harm versus benefits are slippery concepts. Malleability and policy salience combine to make the estimates contested territory, seen as justifying reduced alcohol taxes at one end and greatly increased prices at the other - these are some of the issues explored in this 'hot topic'.