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Monday, July 23, 2007

News Release - Alcohol Concern responds to the recommendation by the Social Justice Policy Group that taxes on alcohol should be raised to help fund alcohol treatment services

For Immediate Release

00:01 hrs Monday 09 July 2007


Alcohol Concern responds to the recommendation by the Social Justice Policy Group that taxes on alcohol should be raised to help fund alcohol treatment services

Srabani Sen, Chief Executive, said:

We welcome this proposal by Iain Duncan Smiths team and urge the Conservative partys leadership to adopt it. Alcohol-related harm continues to place a heavy burden on our society and our economy. Raising prices through taxation would particularly impact on the amount of alcohol that vulnerable groups, including young people are able to buy. Indeed, a study by the Academy of Medical Sciences concluded that a 10% hike in the price of alcoholic beverages could reduce alcohol-related mortality figures by up to 37%.

Moreover, we are pleased to see recognition of the fact that alcohol services operate in an environment of chronic funding shortages. Channelling a proportion of the revenue Government collects from alcohol taxes into a programme of coherent and sustainable treatment services is a neat solution to boosting efforts to minimise the damage done to peoples lives through alcohol misuse.

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