Alcohol Consumption in British Columbia and Canada: A Case for Liquor Taxes that Reduce Harm

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dc.contributor.authorStockwell, Tim
dc.contributor.authorPakula, Basia
dc.contributor.authorMacdonald, Scott
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Jinhui
dc.contributor.authorReist, Dan
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Gerald
dc.contributor.authorPuri, Ajay
dc.contributor.authorBuxton, Jane
dc.contributor.authorTu, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorDuff, Cameron
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-19T18:53:02Z
dc.date.available2013-08-19T18:53:02Z
dc.date.copyright2007en_US
dc.date.issued2007-12
dc.descriptionCARBC statistical bulletin #3en_US
dc.description.abstractOverview: • Alcohol consumption in Canada has increased by over 11% in the past decade. • Per adult absolute alcohol consumption in British Columbia has increased from 8.18 litres in 2002 to 8.53 litres in 2005. • Since 2002 the numbers of hospitalizations and neuro-psychiatric deaths attributable to alcohol in BC have increased by 11.7% and 18%, respectively. • In 2005 there were an estimated 25,194 alcohol-related injuries and illnesses in BC requiring hospitalization compared with 4,817 related to illicit drug use. • There is extensive scientific evidence to support the use of pricing and taxation strategies as effective means of reducing alcohol consumption and related harms. • In British Columbia such strategies are readily achievable because the government alcohol monopoly directly controls liquor prices. • 65% of the coolers now sold in BC contain 7% alcohol content and have an average price of $5.41 per litre, compared with $8.07 for coolers with a 5-5.9% alcohol content. • We recommend that liquor prices more closely reflect alcohol content and that these are regularly updated with the cost of living. • Beers and coolers with low alcohol content should have significantly lower price ‘mark-ups’ applied to give manufacturers, retailers and consumers incentives to produce, market and consume these products. • Minimum prices also need to be set and updated regularly to ensure there are no cheap high strength products available. • We also recommend that a “nickel a drink” tax be introduced to generate $95.7 million per annum for treatment and prevention programs. • Detailed results are available at the BC Alcohol and Other Drug Monitoring website (www.AODmonitoring.ca) Revised January 29, 2008.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusUnrevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4764
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCentre for Addictions Research of BCen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCARBC Bulletin 3en_US
dc.subjectCanadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR)
dc.subjectCentre for Addictions Research of BC (CARBC)
dc.subjectliquor
dc.subjectBritish Columbia
dc.subjectCanada
dc.subjectalcohol
dc.subjectconsumption
dc.subjecttaxation
dc.subjectharm reduction
dc.subjectbulletin
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Health Information Science
dc.titleAlcohol Consumption in British Columbia and Canada: A Case for Liquor Taxes that Reduce Harmen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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