Comparing alcohol policy environments in high-income jurisdictions with the International Alcohol Control Policy Index.

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dc.citation.volumeEarly View
dc.contributor.authorCasswell S
dc.contributor.authorRanderson S
dc.contributor.authorParker K
dc.contributor.authorHuckle T
dc.contributor.authorCallinan S
dc.contributor.authorCampbell O
dc.contributor.authorKarlsson T
dc.contributor.authorRossow I
dc.contributor.authorShorter G
dc.contributor.authorŠtelemėkas M
dc.contributor.authorVallance K
dc.contributor.authorvan Dalen W
dc.contributor.authorWettlaufer A
dc.coverage.spatialAustralia
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-05T20:09:20Z
dc.date.available2025-03-05T20:09:20Z
dc.date.issued2025-02-23
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION: Considerable evidence exists on the most effective policy to reduce alcohol harm; however, a tool and index to allow comparisons of policy status of the most effective policies between similar jurisdictions and change over time within a jurisdiction has not been widely used. The International Alcohol Control (IAC) Policy Index is designed to address this gap and monitor the alcohol policy environment with regard to four effective policy domains (tax/pricing, availability, marketing and drink driving). METHODS: This study compares IAC Policy Index scores across 11 high-income jurisdictions: Aotearoa (Māori language name for New Zealand); Australia; Finland; Norway; the Netherlands; (Republic of Ireland; Lithuania; Ontario; Alberta; Quebec; British Columbia). Collaborators in the 11 high-income jurisdictions populated the online Alcohol Policy Tool with available indicators. The team in Aotearoa New Zealand sought to validate information and worked with collaborators to clarify any uncertainties in the data. RESULTS: Lithuania, Norway, Finland and Ireland scored above average on the IAC Policy Index. The jurisdictions varied in terms of the strength of policy in different domains, with drink driving legislation showing the greatest consistency and marketing the strongest relationship between stringency of policy and impact on the ground. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Results in high-income jurisdictions suggested the IAC Policy Index provides a useful overview of core alcohol policy status, allows for comparisons between jurisdictions and has the potential to be useful in alcohol policy debate.
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dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39987560
dc.identifier.citationCasswell S, Randerson S, Parker K, Huckle T, Callinan S, Campbell O, Karlsson T, Rossow I, Shorter G, Štelemėkas M, Vallance K, van Dalen W, Wettlaufer A. (2025). Comparing alcohol policy environments in high-income jurisdictions with the International Alcohol Control Policy Index.. Drug Alcohol Rev. Early View.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/dar.14020
dc.identifier.eissn1465-3362
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn0959-5236
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/72584
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs
dc.publisher.urihttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.14020
dc.relation.isPartOfDrug Alcohol Rev
dc.rights(c) The author/sen
dc.rights.licenseCC BY-NC-NDen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectalcohol policy
dc.subjecthigh‐income jurisdictions
dc.subjectimpact
dc.subjectindex
dc.subjectstringency
dc.titleComparing alcohol policy environments in high-income jurisdictions with the International Alcohol Control Policy Index.
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id499842
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