Estimating the public health impact of disbanding a government alcohol monopoly: application of new methods to the case of Sweden

• Main Authors: Tim Stockwell (Author), Adam Sherk (Author), Thor Norström (Author), Colin Angus (Author), Mats Ramstedt (Author), Sven Andréasson (Author), Tanya Chikritzhs (Author), Johanna Gripenberg (Author), Harold Holder (Author), John Holmes (Author), Pia Mäkelä (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Government alcohol monopolies were created in North America and Scandinavia to limit health and social problems. The Swedish monopoly, Systembolaget, reports to a health ministry and controls the sale of all alcoholic beverages with > 3.5% alcohol/volume for off-premise consum...