Alcohol control policy and alcohol-attributable disease burden in Finland and the Baltic countries: A longitudinal study 1995-2019.
Anastasia MånssonLode van der VeldeThomas KarlssonLauri BeekmannElsa Jonsson StenbergJuanita HaagsmaGiulio CastelpietraEmilie E AgardhPeter AllebeckPublished in: Drug and alcohol review (2024)
Despite challenges in accessing and comparing policy data over time, we showed a strong association between alcohol policy and alcohol-related harm in Finland and the Baltic countries. This study is one of the first to use the BtG-M scale to monitor changes in alcohol policies over time and their relationship to alcohol-related harm using GBD methodology. The study highlights the effects of national alcohol policies on levels of alcohol-related harm.