Cross-promotional alcohol discounting in Australia's grocery sector: A barrier to initiatives to curb excessive alcohol consumption?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 124-128

  Wardle, Jonathan L ^a   Chang, Sungwon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

alcohol; alcohol promotion; bundled discounts; public health; retail sales

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MARKETING; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84961311633     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12291     Document Type: Article

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