3282.0 “Alcohol & Tobacco Taxes, Prices, Expenditures, and Consumption: The Costs of Drinking”

Monday, November 8, 2010: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
Taxation of alcohol and tobacco products have direct impact on consumption, moderated by socio-economic status. This session will focus on data that examines the interaction of all of these factors. In addition, state-specific economic impact of drug and alcohol abuse and allocation of state resources will be presented.
Session Objectives: Discuss the interaction between economic/taxation policy and impact on alcohol and tobacco consumption Describe how social and economic status impact alcohol and tobacco consumption based on national survey data Describe state-specific data of the economic impact of drug and alcohol abuse
Moderator:
William C. Kerr, PhD
Panelists:
Alexander C. Wagenaar, PhD , Deborah L. McLellan, MHS, MA , Thomas K. Greenfield, PhD and Eric R. Wright, PhD

2:30pm
Effects of Alcohol Tax and Price Policies on Morbidity and Mortality: A Systematic Review
Alexander C. Wagenaar, PhD, Amy L. Tobler, MPH, PhD and Kelli A. Komro, PhD
2:50pm
Do changes in state cigarette prices impact current, binge, and heavy drinking?
Deborah L. McLellan, MHS, MA
  
3:10pm
Expenditures per drink, amounts consumed, context of drinking and alcohol-relater\d problems in the 2005 National Alcohol Survey: The policy implications
Thomas K. Greenfield, PhD, Yu Ye, MS, William C. Kerr, PhD and Jason Bond, PhD
  
3:30pm
Economic impact of substance abuse in Indiana
Eric R. Wright, PhD and Marion S. Greene, MPH
  

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Organized by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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