Author: Lindström, Martin

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Volume 33, Number 2, April 2005 , pp. 156-158(3)

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

Abstract:

Background: Current political debate in Sweden is mainly centred on lowering taxes on alcohol in order to “harmonize” prices with those in neighbouring countries, although the evidence of a negative association between prices and alcohol consumption is more than convincing. Method: Total per capita consumption figures for twentieth-century Denmark and Sweden are utilized to illustrate the astonishing effects on consumption patterns of active government policies to restrict availability.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14034940510006012

Affiliations: 1: Department of Community Medicine Malmö University Hospital Sweden

Publication date: 2005-04-01

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