Paying the Tab : : The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control / / Philip J. Cook.
What drug provides Americans with the greatest pleasure and the greatest pain? The answer, hands down, is alcohol. The pain comes not only from drunk driving and lost lives but also addiction, family strife, crime, violence, poor health, and squandered human potential. Young and old, drinkers and ab...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- CHAPTER 1. Introduction
- PART I. Rise and Fall of Alcohol Control
- CHAPTER 2. A Brief History of the Supply Side
- CHAPTER 3. The Alcoholism Movement
- PART II. Evidence of Effectiveness
- CHAPTER 4. Drinking: A Primer
- CHAPTER 5. Prices and Quantities
- CHAPTER 6. Alcohol Control as Injury Prevention
- CHAPTER 7. Long-Term Effects: Hearts and Minds
- CHAPTER 8. The Drinker's Bonus
- PART III. Assessing Policy Options
- CHAPTER 9. Evaluating Interventions
- CHAPTER 10. Regulating Supply
- CHAPTER 11. Taxing the Alcohol Industry
- CHAPTER 12. Youth as a Special Case
- CHAPTER 13. Alcohol-Control Policy for the Twenty-First Century
- Methodological Appendix
- Notes
- References
- Index