Health

Higher taxes on alcohol can do more to help the government budget deficit. A new study reports "overwhelming statistical evidence" that higher taxes also lead people to drink less.

The director of the study, Alexander Wagenaar, University of Florida, said the reduction in drink apply to all populations, both among people who drink socially as among those with alcohol problems. The analysis, published in the February edition of the journal Addiction, involves review of more than 110 studies on the subject.

The more prices rise, the study found, the lower the probability that people drink, and the results apply both among adolescents as among adults.

Although some studies have identified beneficial effects on health in the moderate use of alcohol, others suggest that reducing the volume of alcohol consumed has wider social benefits, Wagenaar said. "The areas where people drink more have higher incidence of various problems," he said in e-mail.



Source: Terra Brasil

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