Budget decisions can decrease alcohol deaths in less than 18 months
Medicine and Science from The BMJ
April 8, 201623m 3s
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Show Notes
Alcohol consumption has been a perennial problem, but recently The economic downturn and rises in alcohol taxation seem to have stemmed the persistent rise in associated mortality.
Nick Sheron, head of clinical herpetology at Southampton university, and one of the authors of an analysis article, explains how government fiscal policy has the ability to immediately reduce alcohol related deaths.