Kendell R E, de Roumanie M, Ritson E B
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1983 Sep 17;287(6395):809-11. doi: 10.1136/bmj.287.6395.809.
The excise duty on alcoholic beverages was increased in March 1981, causing the cost of alcohol to rise faster than other prices for the first time in 30 years. For this reason 463 "regular drinkers" in the Lothian region whose drinking habits had been established in 1978-9 were reinterviewed in 1981-2. Overall, their alcohol consumption had fallen by 18% and associated adverse effects by 16%. Heavy drinkers and suspected dependent drinkers both reduced their consumption at least as much as light or moderate drinkers and suffered considerably fewer adverse effects as a result. Increasing the excise duty on alcoholic beverages can therefore be an effective public health measure. Factors related to rising unemployment were responsible for about 20% of the overall reduction in consumption.
1981年3月，酒精饮料消费税上调，使得酒精价格30年来首次比其他物价上涨得更快。出于这个原因，1981年至1982年期间，对洛锡安地区463名在1978年至1979年期间养成饮酒习惯的“常饮酒者”进行了重新访谈。总体而言，他们的酒精消费量下降了18%，相关的不良影响下降了16%。酗酒者和疑似酒精依赖者的饮酒量至少与轻度或中度饮酒者减少得一样多，因此不良影响也少得多。因此，提高酒精饮料消费税可能是一项有效的公共卫生措施。与失业率上升相关的因素约占消费总量下降的20%。
