1. ATTITUDES TOWARDS ALCOHOL POLICY ACROSS EUROPE RESULTS OF THE RARHA SEAS STUDY
JACEK MOSKALEWICZ, POLAND
& ZSUZSANNA ELEKES, HUNGARY
LISBON ADDICTIONS 2017
LISBON, OCTOBER 2017

2. SEAS PARTNERS
873
1500
1493
1624
2153
1513
1575
1046
1555
3406
2005
1701
1500
1500
1468
3000
661
1500
1645
1519
Spain contributed with 2 samples: a national sample covering and representative of the whole country and an additional one specially designed to be representative of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia

3. THE RANKING OF ALCOHOL CONTROL POLICIES ACROSS EUROPE (KARLSSON, LINDEMAN & ÖSTERBERG 2012)

4. OPINIONS ON ALCOHOL POLICIES ACROSS EUROPE (PERCENTAGE OF STRONGLY AGREE AND SOMEWHAT AGREE)
OPINIONS IN FAVOUR OF CONTROL POLICIES
AVERAGE (%)
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY
61.6
ADVERTISING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - BANNED
57.1
RESTRICTIONS ON EVENING ALCOHOL SALES
52.5
RESTRICTIONS ON ALCOHOL OUTLETS NETWORK
49.1
ALCOHOL PRICES – TO BE KEPT HIGH
46.0
 OPINIONS IN FAVOUR OF EDUCATION AND INDIVIDUALLY BASED POLICIES
ALCOHOL EDUCATION AND INFORMATION - PRIORITY
89.5
RANDOM BAC CHECKS IN DRIVERS
84.5
PRINTED WARNINGS ON ALCOHOL PACKAGING
75.4
 OPINIONS IN FAVOUR OF LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH
ADULT PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH
63.4
PARENTS, AND NOT LEGAL AUTHORITIES, - AGE OF ONSET
48.4
ALCOHOL IS A PRODUCT LIKE ANY OTHER - NO SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS REQUIRED
33.1

5. OPINIONS IN FAVOUR OF RANDOM BREATH TESTING

6. EDUCATION AS PRIORITY MEASURE

7. OPINIONS IN FAVOUR OF PRINTED WARNINGS

8. ADVERTISING BAN

9. OPINIOS IN FAVOUR OF RESTRICTED AFFORDABILITY

10. OPINIONS IN FAVOUR OF RESTRICTED AVAILABILITY (NUMBER OF OUTLETS TO BE LOW)

11. OPINIONS I NFAVOUR OF RESTRICTING AVAILABILITY (REDUCED HOURS OF SALE)

12. PUBLIC AUTHORITIES HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT PEOPLE

13. ADULTS ARE RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO PROTECT THEMSELVES

14. ALCOHOL ORDINARY COMMODITY

15. PARENTS NOT LEGAL AUTHORITIES TO DECIDE ON DRINKING AGE

16. SPONSORING SPORT BY ALCOHOL INDUSTRY TO BE BANNED

17. RESULTS OF FACTOR ANALISIS
Component 1 2 3
Alcohol is commodity as any other
-0,256
-0,085
0,684
Adults are responsible enough to protect themselves
-0,120
-0,003
0,706
Public authorities have responsibility to protect others
0,446
0,257
-0,080
Number of places selling alcohol should be kept low
0,807
0,045
-0,033
Alcohol prices should be kept high to reduce alcohol harm
0,774
0,050
-0,036
Alcohol education and information should be the most important policy measure
0,091
0,755
-0,051
Advertising of alcohol should be banned
0,600
0,213
-0,100
Random breath testing
0,133
0,701
-0,009
Printed warnings about alcohol-related harm should be displayed
0,447
0,527
0,075
There should be limits on how late in the evening you can buy alcohol
0,709
0,159
-0,025
No legal authorities but parents should decide at what age their child is allowed to drink
0,185
0,036
0,687

18. DOMINANT ATTITUDES TOWARDS ALCOHOL POLICY

19. DISCUSSION POINTS THREE ATTITUDES TOWARDS ALCOHOL POLICY EMERGED
IN FAVOUR OF ALCOHOL CONTROL
IN FAVOUR OF EDUCATION
IN FAVOUR OF LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH
MAJORITY OF EUROPEANS SUPPORT EDUCATION AND INFORMATION AS WELL AS RANDOM BREATH TESTING
HOWEVER, ONE THIRD ONLY FAVOURS LAISSEZ FAIRE OPINION THAT ALCOHOL IS A COMMODITY AS ANY OTHER AND DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY RESTRICTIONS. GREAT VARIATION ACROSS COUNTRIES EXISTS FROM LESS THAN 20% IN UK, ESTONIA, SWEDEN, FRANCE AND ITALY TO OVER 50% IN POLAND AND BULGARIA

20. DISCUSSION CONTINUED
EXISTING MEASURES OF A LEVEL OF ALCOHOL CONTROL NOT ALWAYS REFLECT REAL LEVEL OF CONTROL
SUPPORT FOR ALCOHOL POLICY MEASURES IS NOT DIRECTLY LINKED TO EXISTING LEVEL OF CONTROL
MOST SUPPORTIVE FOR ALCOHOL CONTROL ARE SOME COUNTRIES WITH RELLATIVELY LOW LEVEL OF CONTROL SUCH AS ITALY
COUNTRIES WITH HIGH LEVEL OF CONTROL ARE MORE IN FAVOUR OF EDUCTION, REJCTING, HOWEVER, LAISSEZ FAIRE POLICIES
COUNTRIES IN SUPPORT OF LAISSEZ FAIRE POLICIES INCLUDE BULGARIA, LITHUANIA, POLAND, CROATIA, ROMANIA I.E. COUNTRIES EXPERIENCED IN CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES. SIMILAR SUPPORT, HOWEVER, LAISSEZ FAIRE APPROACH ENJOYS IN AUSTRIA, PORTUGAL AND SPAIN

21. DISCUSSION CONTINUED
EVIDENCE-BASED POLICIES HAVE DIFFERENT PROSPECTS DEPENDING ON LEVEL OF PUBLIC SUPPORT
ALCOHOL CONTROL POLICIES WILL BE SUPPORTED E.G. IN ITALY AND ESTONIA
NORDIC COUNTRIES SHOULD APPLY MORE ALCOHOL EDUCATION
LAISSEZ FAIRE COUNTRIES SHOULD EMPLOY EDUCATION PROMOTING CONTROL MEASURES BEFORE THEIR DIRECT APPLICATION