Alcohol-Related Deaths in Poland During a Period of Weakening Alcohol Control Measures

Witold A Zatonski; Mateusz Zatonski; Kinga Janik-Koncewicz; Andrzej Wojtyla

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.25879

Alcohol-Related Deaths in Poland During a Period of Weakening Alcohol Control Measures

JAMA. 2021 Mar 16;325(11):1108-1109. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.25879.

Authors

Witold A Zatonski¹, Mateusz Zatonski², Kinga Janik-Koncewicz¹, Andrzej Wojtyla³

Affiliations

¹ Institute-European Observatory of Health Inequalities, Calisia University, Kalisz, Poland.
² Tobacco Control Research Group, University of Bath, Bath, England.
³ Calisia University, Kalisz, Poland.

Abstract

This population epidemiology study describes trends in overall and age- and sex-specific alcohol-related deaths in Poland between 2002 and 2017, following the weakening in 2001 of policy measures designed to reduce alchohol consumption.

MeSH terms

Adult
Advertising / legislation & jurisprudence
Aged
Alcohol Drinking / legislation & jurisprudence
Alcohol Drinking / mortality*
Alcoholic Beverages / economics
Alcoholic Beverages / legislation & jurisprudence*
Female
Health Policy / legislation & jurisprudence*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Poland / epidemiology
Taxes / legislation & jurisprudence