Alcohol policies in the ECAS countries, 1950-2000
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.20882/adicciones.502Keywords:
Alcohol policy, European Union, Alcohol control measures, Post Second World War period, reviewAbstract
At the beginning of the 1950s alcohol measures were very different among the countries now belonging to the EU. In the Nordic countries alcoholic beverages were very heavily taxed and their physical availability was strictly controlled. In some Mediterranean countries there were hardly any alcohol control measures in force and the term alcoholic policy was not even known. This article describes changes in alcoholic policies in the present EU countries and Norway from the 1950s to the year 2000. It will be shown that there have been many changes in alcohol control measures. As a consequence alcohol policies have become more similar in the studied countries. This has happened partly because the Nordic countries have been forced to give a part of their control directed on alcohol availability and supply like giving up part of their alcohol monopolies. On the other hand, while Southern and Central European countries have adopted more alcohol control measures, they have not tried to regulate alcohol availability or supply but rather tried to mould alcohol demand or affect directly certain alcohol-related problems like drunk driving.References
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