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Raising alcohol taxes reduces deaths

Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 4th, 2008

Raising taxes on beer, wine and liquor immediately reduces the number of deaths from alcohol-related diseases such as liver disease, oral or breast cancers, and alcohol poisoning, according to a new study published in the online edition of the American Journal of Public Health.

In the first study of its kind to directly measure the effect of state alcohol tax changes on deaths from alcohol-related diseases, researchers found that raising alcohol taxes had two to four times the impact of other common prevention efforts such as school programs or media campaigns.

"The findings are quite astounding," said Alexander C. Wagenaar, PhD, with the University...

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