Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity: Research and Public Policy
Thomas F. Babor, Raul Caetano, Sally Casswell, Griffith Edwards, Norman Giesbrecht, Kathryn Graham, Joel W. Grube, Linda Hill, Harold Holder, Ross Homel, Michael Livingston, Esa Österberg, Jürgen Rehm, Robin Room, and Ingeborg Rossow
Abstract
Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity - Research and Public Policy Second Edition is a collaborative effort by an international group of addiction scientists to improve the linkages between addiction science and alcohol policy. It presents the accumulated scientific knowledge on alcohol research that has a direct relevance to the development of alcohol policy on local, national, and international levels. It provides an objective analytical basis on which to build relevant policies globally, and informs policy makers who have direct responsibility for public health and social welfare. By ... More
Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity - Research and Public Policy Second Edition is a collaborative effort by an international group of addiction scientists to improve the linkages between addiction science and alcohol policy. It presents the accumulated scientific knowledge on alcohol research that has a direct relevance to the development of alcohol policy on local, national, and international levels. It provides an objective analytical basis on which to build relevant policies globally, and informs policy makers who have direct responsibility for public health and social welfare. By locating alcohol policy primarily within the realm of public health, this book draws attention to the growing tendency for governments, both national and local, to consider alcohol misuse as a major determinant of ill health, and to organize societal responses accordingly. The scope of the book is comprehensive and international. The authors describe the conceptual basis for a rational alcohol policy and present new epidemiological data on the global dimensions of alcohol misuse. The core of the book is a critical review of the cumulative scientific evidence in seven general areas of alcohol policy: pricing and taxation; regulating the physical availability of alcohol; modifying the environment in which drinking occurs; drink-driving countermeasures; marketing restrictions; primary prevention programs in schools and other settings; and treatment and early intervention services. The final chapters discuss the current state of alcohol policy in different parts of the world and describe the need for a new approach to alcohol policy that is evidence-based, realistic, and coordinated.
Keywords:
primary prevention programs,
addiction science,
alcohol policy,
early intervention services,
public health,
social welfare,
alcohol misuse,
ill health,
drink-driving,
marketing restrictions
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2010 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199551149 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2010 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199551149.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Thomas F. Babor, author
Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Connecticut, USA
Raul Caetano, author
Professor of Epidemiology and Regional Dean, Dallas Regional Campus, University of Texas School of Public Health, Texas, USA; Professor and Dean, School of Health Professions, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Texas, USA
Sally Casswell, author
Director, Centre for Social Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Massey University, New Zealand
Griffith Edwards, author
Emeritus Professor of Addiction Behaviour, King's College London, London, UK
Norman Giesbrecht, author
Senior Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
Kathryn Graham, author
Senior Scientist and Section Head, Social and Community Prevention Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; Professor (Adjunct), National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Joel W. Grube, author
Director and Senior Research Scientist, Prevention Research Center, PIRE, Berkeley, USA
Linda Hill, author
Senior Researcher, The SHORE Centre, Massey University, New Zealand
Harold Holder, author
Senior Research Scientist, Prevention Research Center (PRC), Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Berkeley, USA
Ross Homel, author
Director, Griffith Institute for Social and Behavioural Research, Queensland, Australia
Michael Livingston, author
Research Fellow, AER Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Victoria, Australia
Esa Österberg, author
Senior researcher, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
Jürgen Rehm, author
Senior Scientist and Co-Head, Section Public Health and Regulatory Policies, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Professor and Chair, Addiction Policy, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada
Robin Room, author
Professor, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Australia; Director, AER Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Victoria, Australia
Ingeborg Rossow, author
Research director, Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research, Norway
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