Titre : | Does minimum pricing reduce alcohol consumption? The experience of a Canadian province (2012) |
Auteurs : | T. STOCKWELL ; M. C. AULD ; J. ZHAO ; G. MARTIN |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Addiction (Vol.107, n°5, May 2012) |
Article en page(s) : | 912-920 |
Note générale : |
Commentaries:
• Pricing and tax options to reduce alcohol-related harms. Webster I.W., p. 921-922. • Minimum unit price comes of age. Coltart C.E., Gilmore I.T., p. 922-924. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SAN (Santé publique / Public health) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique CANADAThésaurus mots-clés ALCOOL ; PRIX ; CONSOMMATION ; ECONOMIE ; ETUDE LONGITUDINALE ; MODELE STATISTIQUE ; POLITIQUE ; EFFICACITE |
Résumé : | Aims Minimum alcohol prices in British Columbia have been adjusted intermittently over the past 20 years. The present study estimates impacts of these adjustments on alcohol consumption. Design Time-series and longitudinal models of aggregate alcohol consumption with price and other economic data as independent variables. Setting British Columbia (BC), Canada. Participants The population of British Columbia, Canada, aged 15 years and over. Measurements Data on alcohol prices and sales for different beverages were provided by the BC Liquor Distribution Branch for 1989-2010. Data on household income were sourced from Statistics Canada. Findings Longitudinal estimates suggest that a 10% increase in the minimum price of an alcoholic beverage reduced its consumption relative to other beverages by 16.1% (P |
Domaine : | Alcool / Alcohol |
Refs biblio. : | 28 |
Affiliation : | Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada |
Lien : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03763.x |
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