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Key points on alcohol in Realising realistic medicine, the annual report of Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Catherine Calderwood:
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Alcohol Policy UK, which provides analysis of alcohol policy, published a critique of the recent Manifesto for Change for children of alcoholics from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the issue. Its key points are:
Source: www.alcoholpolicy.net/2017/02/manifesto-children-alcoholics-policy-stigma.html
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Underage youth are nearly twice as likely to recall seeing alcohol marketing on the internet than adults, according to a new pilot survey led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. … It also found that youth liked, shared or posted alcohol-related content online in greater proportions than adults, including celebrities using alcohol (11% versus 6%) and pictures of their friends or peers using alcohol (14% versus 10%).
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M&S’s 0.5% Czech Lager is a new entry on the Alcohol Companion Top of the Pops rundown of off-the-peg alcohol free drinks, on the back of this Guardian review: “The lemony, herbal saaz hop flavours that distinguish Czech pilsners shine through remarkably well. … Shockingly good.”
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A 9p/unit tax would ensure that alcohol duty is a tax on alcohol, not an arbitrary tax on fluids. EU regulation currently prohibits this system of alcohol taxation. Outside of the EU, Britain will no longer be constrained—Institute of Economic Affairs
Source: iea.org.uk/publications/a-rational-approach-to-alcohol-taxation/
Note: The simplicity of the system is attractive, as is the idea of taxing the potentially harmful element of alcoholic drinks alone. It is interesting, however, to imagine how it might look in the real world. Strong white cider, widely condemned for fueling abuse because it is so cheap, is curently taxed at 7.3p a unit. So increasing the tax to 9p a unit might be expected to raise its price by 1.7p for each unit. This would mean a 3 litre bottle of 7.5% cider, which contains 22.5 units, might go up from £3.99 to £4.37. Would this be enough to deter cash-strapped drinkers? It seems unlikely. An admirably fair and rational tax may be ineffective in curbing inherently irrational patterns of consumption. ■