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Alcohol: applying All Our Health
Since the early 1980s, alcohol sales and the amount that people drink has steadily increased, until peaking in 2008 and declining slightly since.
Some people do not drink, but for many, alcohol is part of their social lives.
With this in mind, these guidelines have been
developed to enable people to make informed choices about their alcohol intake.
This ‘All Our Health’ alcohol information has been created to help all health professionals:
understand specific activities and interventions that can prevent alcohol harm
think about the resources and services available in your area, that can help increasing or higher risk drinkers
drinking behaviour is different for different groups. It’s largely the people who already tend to drink less that are cutting back, while many of those who are at high risk of health conditions, because they drink heavily, are drinking more now than they did before.
Department of Health (2016) Uk medical Chief Medical Officrs' Low risk guidlines.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/545937/UK_CMOs__report.pdf
Alcohol and cancer (2015)
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/490584/COC_2015_S2__Alcohol_and_Cancer_statement_Final_version.pdf
our findings support the view that drinking alcohol increases
the risk of getting cancers of the mouth and throat, voice box, gullet, large
bowel, liver, of breast cancer in women, and probably also of cancer of the
pancreas.
HM treasury (2022)
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1105972/20220624_Alcohol_Duty_Review_Consultation_response.pdf
This means designing a system that is a better fit with our national priorities,
encourages growth and innovation, aligns with public health goals and is fairer for
hard-working producers.
Alcohol duty is a long-standing system of Taxes
it
is composed of five individual taxes: beer duty, spirits duty, cider duty, wine
duty and made-wine duty1. These duties collectively raise over £12 billion
each year, providing important revenue to fund public services. At the same
time, they also help address the harms caused to society and public health
by excessive or irresponsible drinking.
The Government has also aimed to support public health, boost product
innovation, and ensure the duty system reflects modern drinking practices.
One economics group wrote
he proposed reforms to alcohol duty represent a genuinely significant
achievement, greatly rationalising a system that was unfair, chaotic and
harmful to public health
Public health views
Public health groups however expressed concern that there would still be
significant tax advantages for very cheap ciders, and stronger beers between
7.5% and 8.5% ABV would be paying less duty under the proposals. Mindful
of the 19% increase in alcohol-related deaths across the UK during the
pandemic,1 they put forward several suggestions for the proposals to go
further.
Public health groups also argued overall that duty rates should be increased,
including to offset the impact of freezes in previous years. They cited the
increased affordability of alcohol as a concern. They also argued that there
should be rigorous evaluation of the impact of the review proposals on
public health.
The Government will maintain the rate per litre of pure alcohol at the
proposed rate of £25.88, equivalent to the current duty per unit paid by a
11.5% ABV still wine. Although some respondents argued that this is not
reflective of consumer preferences, the Government believes that lower
strength products should pay less duty, which reflects consumer trends and
is more aligned to public health goals.
There are variety of factors that can determine good health, economic condition and social environment to name a few.