Taxation decrease, alcohol consumption and harm

描述（由申请人提供）：基于瑞士税收改革， 从1999年开始，烈酒的零售价格下降， 建议进行后续研究，以验证以下假设。嗨：那个 烈酒消费量占总酒精消费量的比例将 在瑞士的税收变化后，H2：酗酒者会 对烈酒价格的变化最敏感。H3：与酒精有关 危害指标将增加。H4：总体酒精含量增加 消费与问题的增加有关， 烈酒消费。H5：在文化融合程度较高的地区， 烈酒价格的反应性将较小。H6：越远， 家和下一个海关站之间的距离越远，响应性越高 价格。H7：危险情况的数量和饮酒量 危险的情况会增加。 本研究的数据集还将允许测试方法学 不同评估方法的可靠性和有效性假设 回顾性评估。研究结果将改善我们的 关于评估酒精消费的知识，包括回顾性评估 并将改善酒精政策和预防措施的制定， 税收领域。这对一般的酒精政策很重要， 根据北美最近的私有化-放松管制经验， 欧盟，该研究将有助于估计价格下跌如何影响 消费和伤害。

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.