1. Drinking and drinking problems: empowering the policy response -- 2. International trends in alcohol consumption and drinking patterns -- 3. The individual's drinking and degree of risk -- 4. Population drinking and the aggregate risk of alcohol problems -- 5. Retail price influences on alcohol consumption, and taxation of alcohol as a prevention strategy -- 6. Access to alcohol, and the effects of availability on consumption and alcohol-related problems -- 7. Public safety and drinking within particular contexts -- 8. Giving information about alcohol: effects on drinking and on the social climate -- 9. Individually directed interventions as a component of the public health response to alcohol --10. The policy implications -- Appendix: research opportunities
Analysis
Alcoholism Policies Of Government
Notes
Includes indexes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Credits
Published for the World Health Organization, Europe