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Alcohol Policies: Perspectives From the USSR and Some Other Countries

NCJ Number
127471
Date Published
1990
Length
15 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes the presentations and discussions of a 1988 symposium that was organized by the Ministry of Health of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the World Health Organization and that focused on policies toward alcohol problems in the Soviet Union, Europe, and the United States.
Abstract
Speakers noted that the extent of alcohol problems in a country appears to be closely related to the average alcohol consumption and urged efforts to develop widespread, informed public support for alcohol policies. Dramatic changes in Soviet alcohol policy in 1985 have reduced alcohol consumption significantly, although legislation shortly before the conference retracted the 1985 policies in some respects. Trade unions, youth organizations, and other social organizations had not supported the 1985 policies. Alcohol policy issues in all nations include workplace issues, the role of the mass media, and research. Summaries of alcohol problems and policies in Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, German Democratic Republic, Finland, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States. Appended lists of participants and working papers