This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that … argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on the true impact of alcohol on injury-induced mortality. We also … document a sharp drop in violent crimes, indicating a tight link between alcohol and aggressive behaviour in society. Our …

This paper provides an extensive analysis of the demand for alcohol in terms of total quantity and quantity subdivided … into frequency and intensity demand. The analysis compares across alcohol types (beer, wine and spirits), alcohol drinking … demand for wine. Binge drinkers show less of a differentiation across alcohol types and this is true even of binge drinking …

related to alcohol consumption, narcotics use and tobacco smoking over the seventeen years prior to the implementation of the … Swedish government's first strategy for alcohol, narcotics, doping and tobacco (ANDT) in 2011. We also sought to explain the …. Our two key research questions, for each of alcohol, narcotics and smoking were: 1) How have trends in a) consumption …

alcohol-related hospital stays. We add to previous studies by looking at a considerably earlier cutoff at age 16, when … increases in moderate alcohol consumption and self-perceived drunkenness at age 16, but rather negligible effects for excessive … discontinuities in hospital stays due to acute alcohol intoxication. Admissions due to physical injuries, in contrast, increase by …

morbidity. Regression discontinuity estimates show that legal access to alcohol increases the frequency and intensity of … drinking, which results in more hospital admissions due to alcohol intoxication. The effects are stronger for boys and … customers. More generally, perceived access to alcohol is very high and hardly changes at the MLDA. However, teenagers consider …

In this paper adolescent alcohol- and illicit drug-use among 1st and 2nd generation immigrants from Nordic, non … including 13,070 adolescents. Immigrants from Nordic countries were more likely to use alcohol (OR: 1.10-1.37) while immigrants … from non- European countries were less likely to use alcohol (OR: 0.52-0.81), mainly explained by the relatively low use by …

, from alcohol consumption to criminal activities other than drink driving. …

morbidity. Regression discontinuity estimates show that legal access to alcohol increases the frequency and intensity of … drinking, which results in more hospital admissions due to alcohol intoxication. The effects are stronger for boys and … access to alcohol is very high and hardly changes at the MLDA. However, teenagers consider binge drinking at weekends to be …

This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that … constitutes a lower bound on the true impact of alcohol on injury-induced mortality. We also document a sharp drop in violent … crimes, indicating a tight link between alcohol and aggressive behavior in society. Our results underscore the severe harm …

determinants of the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and cocaine in Mexico. The contribution of this work is supported by … behaviors hypothesis. The results show that alcohol consumption responds on changes on consumer's income. The tobacco …