Barry J, Lyne J
Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Institute of Population Health, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Ir J Psychol Med. 2023 Mar;40(1):103-106. doi: 10.1017/ipm.2023.2. Epub 2023 Feb 6.
In 2012, the Irish Department of Health published a strategy in relation to alcohol and flagged that a Public Health (Alcohol) Act would be pursued through the Houses of the Oireachtas. This Public Health (Alcohol) Act was intended to reduce alcohol consumption and the harms caused by the misuse of alcohol. The act includes various means for this purpose, including introducing statutory minimum prices on alcohol, restricting alcohol advertising, addition of warning labels to alcohol products, and reducing the visibility of alcohol products in retail outlets. This perspective piece aims to provide an account of how this public health alcohol policy has been implemented in Ireland. The strategy relied in a major way on the World Health Organisation framework for alcohol policy. It took 3 years from the launch of that strategy to get the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill published, in December 2015. It took almost another 3 years to get the Public Health (Alcohol) Act passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas, in October 2018. The Act was signed into law by the President of Ireland in November 2018, and it's implementation has commenced in the last few years. This perspective piece highlights the complexities and challenges of implementing legislation related to public health policy, but also demonstrates that real action can occur with advocacy from public health clinicians and key stakeholders.
2012年，爱尔兰卫生部发布了一项关于酒精的战略，并指出将通过爱尔兰议会推动《公共卫生（酒精）法案》的出台。这项《公共卫生（酒精）法案》旨在减少酒精消费以及酒精滥用所造成的危害。该法案为此包含了多种手段，包括实行酒精法定最低价格、限制酒精广告、在酒精产品上添加警示标签，以及减少零售场所中酒精产品的可见度。这篇观点文章旨在阐述这项公共卫生酒精政策在爱尔兰是如何实施的。该战略在很大程度上依赖于世界卫生组织的酒精政策框架。从该战略启动到2015年12月《公共卫生（酒精）法案》公布，历时3年。又过了将近3年，《公共卫生（酒精）法案》才于2018年10月在爱尔兰议会两院获得通过。该法案于2018年11月由爱尔兰总统签署成为法律，其实施在过去几年已经开始。这篇观点文章强调了实施与公共卫生政策相关立法的复杂性和挑战，但也表明在公共卫生临床医生和关键利益相关者的倡导下可以采取切实行动。
