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dc.date.accessioned2019
dc.date.available2019
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationPan American Health Organization. Policy Brief: Alcohol Taxation and Pricing Policies in the Region of the Americas. Washington, D.C.: PAHO; 2019.en_US
dc.identifier.govdocPAHO/NMH/19-020
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/51530
dc.description.abstractTaxation is the most cost-effective policy to reduce alcohol consumption, with a cost of 22 and 41 international dollars per DALY saved in low- and lower-middle-income countries and upper-middle-and high-income countries, respectively (this estimate does not account for the revenues generated by alcohol taxation). According to recent modelling by the WHO for the Global Business Plan for Noncommunicable Diseases, the return on investment of the alcohol “best buy” policies (increases in taxation, comprehensive restrictions on exposure to alcohol advertising, and restrictions on availability) in low- and lower-middle-income countries showed that for every $1 invested, a country should expect, on average, $9.13 in return.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsKey points | Alcohol consumption and its impact on health in the Americas | The effects of excise taxation on alcohol consumption | The effects of increasing alcohol prices through taxes on alcohol-related harms | Cost-effectiveness of alcohol taxation | Types of alcohol taxation | Effects of alcohol taxation on subpopulations | Alcohol taxation and pricing in the Americas | Other considerations of taxation | Bibliography.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPAHOen_US
dc.subjectAlcoholic Beveragesen_US
dc.subjectAlcohol Drinkingen_US
dc.subjectTaxesen_US
dc.subjectAmericasen_US
dc.subjectNoncommunicable Diseasesen_US
dc.titlePolicy Brief: Alcohol Taxation and Pricing Policies in the Region of the Americasen_US
dc.typePublicationsen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US
dc.contributor.corporatenamePan American Health Organizationen_US
paho.isfeatured0en_US
paho.publisher.countryUnited Statesen_US
paho.publisher.cityWashington, D.C.en_US
paho.source.centercodeUS1.1en_US
paho.subjectCat 2. Noncommunicable Diseases and Risk Factorsen_US
paho.relation.languageVersion10665.2/51529
paho.iswhotranslationNoen_US


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