ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Jurgen Rehm

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Alcohol : No Ordinary Commodity : Global Perspective

แหล่งที่มา/Source: The 3rd National Alcohol Conference "Alcohol : No Ordinary Commodity", 21st-22nd November 2007, Richmond Hotel, Nonthaburi, Page 17.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Even though the majority of adults around the world are currently abstaining from alcohol, the consumption of alcohol has become a major global risk factor for mortality, morbidity and disability. Globally, alcohol was responsible for 3.7% of the deaths in 2002, 6.1% among men and 1.1% among women, for 5.0% of the premature deaths under age 60 (7.5% M; 1.7%W) and for 4.4% of the global burden of disease measure in DALYs (7.1%M;1.7%W) (Rehm et al., 2006). The burden of disease attributable to alcohol does not decrease; it seems to have remained stable if not increased in the past years. While other risk factors with similar impact on burden of disease such as undernutrition or tobacco smoking have been subjected to global initiatives such as the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, such initiatives have been largely absent with respect to alcohol. "Alcohol : No Ordinary Commodity" (Babor et al., 2003) tries to change this situation by including chapters on globalization of the alcohol market and the public health dangers potentially associated with this globalization. It also comprises a toolbox which can be adapted to national policy initiatives. It alcohol continues to be treated as an ordinary commodity, many effective national alcohol policies will be impossible or will show only reduced effectiveness because they are in contradiction to international or global trade agreements (e.g.national monopolies). What is necessary here seems to be the realization, that alcohol is no ordinary commodity, and considerations of public health should take precedence purely economic considerations. The toolbox contained in Babor et al. (2003) identifies a number of proven effective best practices of alcohol policy, which can be subsumed under three headings: Alcohol control policies, Minimum legal purchase age, Government monopoly of retail sales, Restriction on hours or days of sale, Outlet density restrictions, Alcohol taxes Drink-driving countermeasures, Sobriety check points, Lowered BAC limits, Administrative license suspension, Graduated licensing for novice drivers Brief interventions for hazardous drinkers: In addition to these best practices, a number of other potentially effective alcohol policy measures are outlined, as well as measures, which have not shown effects on reducing alcohol related harm.

Keywords: alcohol, global perspective, risk, national policy, burden of disease

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2007

Address: Centre for Addictions and Mental Health, Toronto

Code: 200800169

ISSN/ISBN: 978-974-09-4574-1

Country of publication: Thailand

Language: English

Category: Abstract

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