Alcohol affordability: implications for alcohol price policies. A cross-sectional analysis in middle and older adults from UK Biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing the price of alcohol reduces alcohol consumption and harm. The role of food complementarity, transaction costs and inflation on alcohol demand are determined and discussed in relation to alcohol price policies.

Methods

UK Biobank (N = 502,628) was linked by region to retail price quotes for the years 2007 to 2010. The log residual food and alcohol prices, and alcohol availability were regressed onto log daily alcohol consumption. Model standard errors were adjusted for clustering by region.

Results

Associations with alcohol consumption were found for alcohol price (β = -0.56, 95% CI, -0.92 to -0.20) and availability (β = 0.06, 95% CI, 0.04 to 0.07). Introducing, food price reduced the alcohol price consumption association (β = -0.26, 95% CI, -0.5

SUBMITTER: Moore SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9234508 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature