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Alcohol taxation: EC approximation and its UK effects.

T McGuinness1

  • 1Department of Economies, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, UK.

British Journal of Addiction
|October 1, 1990
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The European Commission

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Health Economics
  • Tax Policy

Background:

  • The European Commission (EC) has proposed harmonizing indirect alcohol taxes.
  • These proposals acknowledge the link between alcohol taxation and public health outcomes.
  • The UK's current alcohol tax policy and its potential impact are examined.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the EC's indirect alcohol tax proposals.
  • To compare proposed tax rates with existing UK alcohol taxes.
  • To estimate the potential impact of EC proposals on UK alcohol consumption.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of proposed and existing alcohol tax rates.
  • Simulation modeling to estimate effects on UK alcohol consumption (using 1988 data).
  • Review of European Community (EC) Single Internal Market objectives.

Main Results:

  • EC proposals suggest higher alcohol consumption in the UK if implemented in 1988.
  • Simulations indicate a potential increase of over two litres of pure alcohol per adult.
  • Indirect tax harmonization is deemed unnecessary for achieving Single Internal Market goals.

Conclusions:

  • EC alcohol tax proposals pose a threat to UK alcohol control policies.
  • Harmonization is not essential for the Single Internal Market.
  • Member States can assert national sovereignty on health grounds regarding alcohol excise duties.

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