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Price restrictions and other restrictions on alcohol availability in Denmark and Sweden: A historical perspective with implications for the current debate
Background: Current political debate in Sweden is mainly centred on lowering taxes on alcohol in order to ``harmonize'' prices with those in neighbouring countries, although the evidence of a negative association between prices and alcohol consumption is more than convincing. Method: Total per capita consumption figures for twentieth-century Denmark and Sweden are utilized to illustrate the astonishing effects on consumption patterns of active government policies to restrict availability.
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