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Title Alcohol : no ordinary commodity : research and public policy / Thomas Babor [and others]
Edition Third edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023
©2023

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Description 1 online resource (347 pages)
Series Oxford medical publications
Oxford medical publications.
Contents 1 Setting the policy agenda -- 2 Alcohol: no ordinary commodity -- 3 Alcohol consumption trends and patterns of drinking -- 4 The burden of alcohol consumption -- 5 The alcohol industry: a nexus of considerable influence -- 6 Overview of strategies and interventions to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harm -- 7 Controlling affordability: pricing and taxation strategies -- 8 Regulating the physical availability of alcohol -- 9 Restrictions on marketing -- 10 Education and persuasion strategies -- 11 Drinking and driving: prevention and countermeasures -- 12 Modifying the drinking context: reducing harm in the licensed drinking environment and other contexts -- 13 Treatment and early intervention services -- 14 The policy process: multiple stakeholders and multiple agendas -- 15 Economic interests, public health priorities, and global governance of alcohol -- 16 Alcohol policies: a consumer's guide
Summary An examination of the global impact of alcohol misuse, the current state of alcohol policy and research, and the effectiveness different strategies and interventions, written by leaders in the field of addiction science
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed on October 23, 2023)
Subject Alcoholism -- Prevention.
Alcoholism -- Government policy
Alcoholic beverages -- Government policy
Alcohol Drinking -- adverse effects
Alcohol Drinking -- legislation & jurisprudence
Alcohol-Related Disorders -- prevention & control
Public Policy
Policy Making
Alcoholic beverages -- Government policy
Alcoholism -- Government policy
Alcoholism -- Prevention
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Health and Wellbeing.
Form Electronic book
Author Babor, Thomas, editor.
Casswell, Sally, editor.
Graham, Kathryn, editor
Huckle, Taisia, editor.
Livingston, Michael, editor.
Österberg, Esa, editor.
Rehm, Jürgen, editor.
Room, Robin, editor.
Rossow, Ingeborg, editor.
Sornpaisarn, Bundit, editor
ISBN 9780192658784
0192658786
9780192658777
0192658778
9780191927188
019192718X