alcohol taxation

Beer Drinking and Tax Levy in Botswana

Scientific article
According to the WHO, harmful alcohol use is one of the leading risk factors for the global burden of disease. In response to concerning trends, governments around the world have intervened in the market for alcohol by levying specific...

Resource Tool on Alcohol Taxation and Pricing Policies

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Alcohol taxation and pricing policies have several public health, economic and social benefits as they have the capacity to: Generate tax revenue Reduce alcohol consumption and associated harms (covering both externalities and internalities...

Alcohol Taxation Infographic

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Alcohol taxation holds massive potential for global health, for helping achieve the sustainable development goals and also for significantly contributing to financing health and development. This infographic, designed by IOGT International...

The Economic Impact of Changes in Alcohol Consumption in the UK

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Executive Summary The alcohol industry (both manufacturing and sales) is important to the UK Economy as it supports thousands of jobs (IAS, 2017a; Oxford Economics, 2016). However, there are many well documented adverse effects of high...

Alcohol Taxation Policy in Kyrgyzstan (2017)

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Increasing the price of alcohol is one of the most effective policy measures to reduce overall consumption in a country, and hence to reduce the level of alcohol-related harm. Taxation is a common way to control the price of alcoholic...