Abstract
While the price of alcoholic beverages has been identified as a major determinant of the extent of alcohol-related problems, alcohol taxes have rarely been used in any systematic way to achieve public health and safety objectives. This paper examines the operation of alcohol taxes in Canada from a health perspective, and identifies a number of opportunities for protecting the health and safety of the population through ‘discerning and purposeful’ reforms of taxation and pricing policies.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- alcohol
- tax
- taxation