Effectiveness of increasing alcohol excise taxes in the management of alcohol-associated liver disease in China
10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2023.07.027
- VernacularTitle:提高酒类消费税对中国酒精性肝病管理的有效性分析
- Author:
Feiyu ZHANG
1
;
Peng XIAO
1
;
Yali LIU
1
;
Tao LIU
1
;
Yanhang GAO
1
Author Information
1. Department of Hepatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic;
Alcohol Drinking;
Excise tax
- From:
Journal of Clinical Hepatology
2023;39(7):1703-1707
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Increasing alcohol excise taxes has been confirmed by the World Health Organization as the most cost-effective public policy for reducing alcohol consumption at the population level. In recent years, studies in foreign countries have believed that increasing alcohol excise taxes can improve the burden of alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD), but it is still unclear whether this policy is applicable to ALD management in China. Therefore, with reference to related research evidence in China and globally, this article analyzes the key factors influencing the effectiveness of the policy of increasing alcohol excise taxes from the perspective of ALD management in China, including tax shifting, price elasticity of demand, and unrecorded alcohol, and introduces other public policies that help curb ALD. We think that increasing alcohol excise taxes is currently a useful but not effective policy for improving the burden of ALD in China.
