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Health Policy Approach to Alcohol Prevention

Health Policy Approach to Alcohol Prevention. Product Price Place Person Promotion. Basic Principle of Alcohol Industry. Decreasing the Cost for Alcohol. Increases the Demand for Alcohol. What Comes In: How Much Louisiana Collects to Cover Alcohol’s Costs.

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Health Policy Approach to Alcohol Prevention

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  1. Health Policy Approach to Alcohol Prevention • Product • Price • Place • Person • Promotion

  2. Basic Principle of Alcohol Industry Decreasing the Cost for Alcohol Increases the Demand for Alcohol

  3. What Comes In:How Much Louisiana Collects to Cover Alcohol’s Costs

  4. Tax Rates on Alcoholic Beverages in Louisiana Beverage Per Gallon Per Drink Beer 32¢ per gallon 3 cents Wine 11¢ per gallon .5 cents Liquor $2.50 per gallon 2.5 cents

  5. Louisiana’s Revenue from Alcohol Sales(in Millions) Year Liquor Beer Wine 1999 $13 $36 $1 Total $50 Million

  6. What Goes Out:The Cost of Alcohol in Louisiana

  7. Cost of Alcohol in Louisiana Direct Costs (in Millions) Medical$ 157 Crime $ 87 Motor Vehicle Crashes$ 58 Fire Destruction$ 9 Social Administration$ 2 Total Direct Costs$ 313 Premature Death & Injury$ 1,053 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome$ 31 Total Indirect Costs$ 1,084

  8. The Alcohol Balance Sheet in Louisiana Costs Due to Alcohol $ 313,000,000 Alcohol Taxes Received $ 50,000,000 Negative Balance $263,000,000 $60 per Person

  9. One Penny Per Drink Increase in Excise Tax • Beer 12 Million • Wine 2 Million • Liquor 5 Million • Total 19 Million

  10. Excise Tax Needed to Cover the Cost of Alcohol Related Problems • 14 cents a drink

  11. Current Crisis • OAD serves only 8% of the at need population in Louisiana • OAD has 344 treatment beds at 90% occupancy with 390 on waiting list • OAD’s budget will be cut further by 24% • Nationally states serve 21% of the at need population

  12. Tax Needed to Give Teacher & Support Staff a $1,000 Raise and Bring OAD to National Average • 10 cents a drink

  13. 16 Oz 16 Oz 16 Oz The Price Isn’t Right $ 1.09 $ 1.29 $ .89

  14. 50% 30% 20% <1%           Who Does All the Drinking

  15. Effect of Inflation

  16. Tax Break for Alcohol • What Would be the Same Tax in 1948 Would Be Today? • 23 cents/beer instead of 3 cents/beer • Excise Taxes Have Been Replaced by Income Taxes and Sale Taxes

  17. 70 Cents 84 Cents 1.4 Drinks /Day 1.6 Drinks /Day Consumption Curves # of Persons Alcohol Consumption

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