OECD REPORT COSTS HEALTH SPENDING IMPACT OF INCREASING ALCOHOL PRICES
May 22nd, 2015
AN ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) report has said that increasing alcohol prices through taxes and minimum prices may help "tackle the heavy cost of harmful drinking". The OECD’s ‘Tackling Harmful Alcohol Use Economics and Public Health Policy’ report added that initiatives tackling alcohol abuse promoted by the drinks industry may also be useful, but more independent evidence is needed before the OECD can make recommendations about their use.The study argued however that tax increases inflating the by 10% average price of ...
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