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Contact Meet the Team Advertise Search White Papers MediKnowledge Newsletters Health & Personal Care Contact Meet the Team Advertise Search Webinars Contact Meet the Team Advertise Search Menu Doubling excise duties could prevent alcohol-attributable cancers Download PDF Copy Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 22 2021 In a recent modeling study, scientists at Technische Universität Dresden have examined the impact of increasing taxes on alcoholic beverages on alcohol-attributable cancers in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region. The results show that doubling current excise duties could have prevented more than 10,700 new cancers as well as 4,850 deaths in 2019 alone. Europe is the region with the highest per capita consumption of alcohol in the world. To reduce alcohol consumption and the associated health burden, increasing taxes on alcoholic beverages is a promising policy option. Alongside other measures, such as marketing bans for alcoholic beverages or reduced availability of alcohol, higher alcohol taxes are among the so-called "best buys" of the WHO. The "best buys" are health policy measures that are particularly cost-effective in reducing the disease burden caused by lifestyle risk factors, such as alcohol. Related StoriesResearchers develop genetic risk score to predict development of alcohol-induced cirrhosisSubstance use, high alcohol consumption may increase the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillationHigher acute stress associated with stronger alcohol craving for Black individualsHowever, in the European Region, and particularly the European Union, alcohol taxes are often very low. Therefore, in a modeling study, scientists from the Technische Universität Dresden, together with the WHO European Office, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Canada, investigated the impact of increased alcohol excise duties on alcohol-attributable cancers in the WHO European Region. Using statistical modeling, the researchers estimated the impact of three different tax-increase scenarios (20%, 50%, and 100%) on per capita alcohol consumption in 50 Member States in the WHO European Region. Assuming an average lag time of 10 years between alcohol consumption and cancer development or fatality, the team estimated the number of avoidable new cancer cases and deaths in 2019. The team considered seven different cancer sites caused by alcohol: lip and oral cavity cancer, pharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, colorectal cancer, and female breast cancer. The results show that more than 10,700 new cancer cases and 4,850 deaths could have been avoided if current alcohol excise duties were doubled. This equates to nearly 6% of new alcohol-attributable cancers in the Region. In Germany, more than 1,200 cancers and 525 deaths could have been avoided if current alcohol taxes were doubled, according to the study. At more than two-thirds, most of these avoidable causes of the disease are breast and colorectal cancers. In Germany, excise duties on alcoholic beverages, especially for beer and wine, are very low. While a large bottle of beer is taxed at around five cents, wine is not subject to any alcohol taxation at all. In view of the high number of preventable alcohol-attributable cancers, it would be highly recommendable to increase current alcohol excise duties, especially in Germany." Carolin Kilian, Psychologist, Technische Universität Dresden Source:Technische Universitaet DresdenJournal reference:Kilian, C., et al. (2021) Modelling the impact of increased alcohol taxation on alcohol-attributable cancers in the WHO European Region. The Lancet Regional Health Europe. doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100225. 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