Abstract
This chapter addresses the evidence concerning the impact that fiscal policy has on health behaviour and the relative effectiveness of fiscal policy and other interventions. The evidence will be set out first for the case of tobacco control and will consider results from the literature and the application of fiscal policy in the UK. This will address questions relating to the impact of fiscal policy on overall smoking prevalence and on socio-economic inequalities in smoking prevalence. This example will then be compared with the situation relating to alcohol and other health behaviours. Before turning to the evidence, the following sections consider the theoretical basis for fiscal interventions and how evidence of the effectiveness and efficiency of such interventions is generated.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Evidence Based Public Health |
| Subtitle of host publication | Effectiveness and efficiency |
| Editors | Amanda Killoran, Mike Kelly |
| Place of Publication | Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 313-326 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0199563624 , 978-0199563623 |
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| Publication status | Published - 26 Nov 2009 |
Bibliographical note
AcknowledgementsThe Health Economics Research Unit receives core funding from the Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health Directorates, and from the University of Aberdeen. All opinions expressed are those of the author and should not be attributed to any funding body.
