Taxation decrease, alcohol consumption and harm

描述(由申请者提供)：基于瑞士的税收改革 从1999年起烈酒零售价下降，为期两年 后续研究将对以下假设进行验证。嗨：那就是 烈性酒消费占总酒类消费的比例将 在瑞士税制变化后增加。H2：酗酒的人会 对烈酒价格的变化做出最大的反应。H3：与酒精有关 危害指标将会增加。H4：这会增加总体酒精含量 消费与问题的增加有关，与 烈酒消费。H5：在文化融合度较高的地区 白酒的价格反应将会更小。H6：距离越远， 家和下一个海关哨所之间的距离越远，反应越快 来定价。H7：危险情况的数量和饮酒量 风险情况将会增加。 这项研究的数据集还将允许对方法学进行测试 关于不同评估方法信度和效度的假设 和回溯性评估。这项研究的结果将改善我们的 了解评估饮酒情况，包括回顾评估 并将在#年完善酒精政策和预防措施的制定。 关于税收的领域。这对总体上的酒精政策和 最近北美的私有化-放松监管的经验和 欧盟，这项研究将有助于估计价格下跌的影响 消耗和伤害。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Based on the Swiss taxation reform on spirits from 1999 and the resulting decreases in retail prices, a two-year follow-up study is proposed to test the following hypotheses. HI: That the proportion of spirits consumption within overall alcohol consumption will increase after the taxation change in Switzerland. H2: That heavy drinkers will be most responsive to changes in price of spirits. H3: That alcohol-related harm indicators will increase. H4: That increases in overall alcohol consumption are related to increases in problems independent of changes in spirits consumption. H5: That in regions with higher cultural integration of spirits price responsiveness will be smaller. H6: That the farther away the distance between home and the next customs post the higher the responsiveness to price. H7: That the number of risky situations and the alcohol consumed in risky situations will increase. The data set from this study will also allow the testing of methodological hypotheses about the reliability and validity of different assessment methods and retrospective assessment. The results of the study will improve our knowledge on assessing alcohol consumption including retrospective assessment and will improve the formulation of alcohol policy and preventive measures in the area of taxation. It will be important for alcohol policy in general and with recent privatization-deregulation experiences in North American and European Union, the study will help to estimate how price decreases affect consumption and harm.