ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024
An assessment of federal alcohol policies in Canada and priority recommendations: Results from the 3rd Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation Project.
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- The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of population-level policies to reduce alcohol use: A systematic umbrella review.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025Pooled it
- Closing the Gap Between Evidence and Action: Lessons From a Dramatic Increase in Access to Alcohol.Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- Provincial and territorial results and recommendations from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project: Room for improvement.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026Article
- Building a community of practice to address alcohol harms in Canada: Experience from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025Article
- Alcohol lobbying in Canada: a quantitative analysis of the federal registry of lobbyists.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Trend analyses and comparison of characteristics of current-, former- and never-drinkers among young adults in France from 2000 to 2021.BMC public health · 2025Article
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objectiveTo systematically assess the Canadian federal government's current alcohol policies in relation to public health best practices.
methodsThe 2022 Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation (CAPE) Project assessed federal alcohol policies across 10 domains. Policy domains were weighted according to evidence for their relative impact, including effectiveness and scope. A detailed scoring rubric of best practices was developed and externally reviewed by international experts. Policy data were collected between June and December 2022, using official legislation, government websites, and data sources identified from previous iterations of CAPE as sources. Contacts within relevant government departments provided any additional data sources, reviewed the accuracy and completeness of the data, and provided amendments as needed. Data were scored independently by members of the research team. Final policy scores were tabulated and presented as a weighted overall average score and as unweighted domain-specific scores.
resultsCompared to public health best practices, the federal government of Canada scored 37% overall. The three most impactful domains-(1) pricing and taxation, (2) marketing and advertising controls, and (3) impaired driving countermeasures-received some of the lowest scores (39%, 10%, and 40%, respectively). Domain-specific scores varied considerably from 0% for minimum legal age policies to 100% for controls on physical availability of alcohol.
conclusionMany evidence-informed alcohol policies have not been adopted, or been adopted only partially, by the Canadian federal government. Urgent adoption of the recommended policies is needed to prevent and reduce the enormous health, social, and economic costs of alcohol use in Canada.
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