Public health policy in the United Kingdom: After the war on tobacco, is a war on alcohol brewing?

World Medical and Health Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 308-323

  Cairney, Paul ^a   Studlar, Donley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol policy; policy change; tobacco policy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL CONTROL POLICY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SMOKING REGULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO CONTROL POLICY; UNITED KINGDOM; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; POLICY; TOBACCO;

EID: 84906877671     PISSN: 21532028     EISSN: 19484682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wmh3.106     Document Type: Review

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