ArticleDrug and alcohol review2023
Effective alcohol policies and lifetime abstinence: An analysis of the International Alcohol Control policy index.
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- The impacts of policies controlling the spatial availability of take-away alcohol on consumption and harms: A systematic narrative review.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Health impact of alcohol regulatory interventions: a systematic review of policies in low- and middle-income countries.Health policy and planning · 2025Pooled it
- Comprehensive age-period-cohort analysis of global pancreatitis burden and socioeconomic disparities (1990-2021).BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Comparing alcohol policy environments in high-income jurisdictions with the International Alcohol Control Policy Index.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
- What is the lifetime cost of alcohol consumption? an estimation of economic burden in Thailand.PloS one · 2025Article
- Investigating Indicators to Assess and Support Alcohol Taxation Policy: Results From the International Alcohol Control (IAC) Study.International journal of health policy and management · 2025Article
- Using the International Alcohol Control (IAC) policy index to assess effects of legislative change in Aotearoa New Zealand.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Effective alcohol policies are associated with reduced consumption among demographic groups who drink heavily.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Effective alcohol policies and lifetime abstinence: An analysis of the International Alcohol Control policy index.Drug and alcohol review · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionAlcohol abstinence remains common among adults globally, although low and middle-income countries are experiencing declines in abstention. The effect of alcohol policies on lifetime abstinence is poorly understood. The International Alcohol Control (IAC) policy index was developed to benchmark and monitor the uptake of effective alcohol policies and has shown strong associations with alcohol per capita consumption and drinking patterns. Uniquely, the index incorporates both policy 'stringency' and 'impact', reflecting policy implementation and enforcement, across effective policies. Here we assessed the association of the IAC policy index with lifetime abstinence in a diverse sample of jurisdictions.
methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between the IAC policy index score, and its components, and lifetime abstinence among adults (15+ years) in 13 high and middle-income jurisdictions. We examined the correlations for each component of the index and stringency and impact separately.
resultsOverall, the total IAC policy index scores were positively correlated with lifetime abstinence (r = 0.76), as were both the stringency (r = 0.62) and impact (r = 0.82) scores. Marketing restrictions showed higher correlations with lifetime abstinence than other policy domains (r = 0.80), including restrictions on physical availability, pricing policies and drink-driving prevention. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionOur findings suggest that restricting alcohol marketing could be an important policy for the protection of alcohol abstention. The IAC policy index may be a useful tool to benchmark the performance of alcohol policy in supporting alcohol abstention in high and middle-income countries.
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