Estimated Impacts of Alcohol Control Policies on NCD Premature Deaths in Thailand
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Summary of Regulations of the Five Recommended Alcohol Policies in Thailand
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Estimation of Baseline Alcohol Consumption
2.3. Scenarios
2.3.1. Scenarios for Alcohol Consumption Reduction Target
2.3.2. Effects of Policy Interventions
Taxation
Advertising Ban
Restricting Physical Availability of Alcohol
Early Psychological Intervention
Combined Interventions
2.4. Modeling Alcohol Consumption Reduction and NCD Mortality
2.4.1. Policy-to-Consumption Part
2.4.2. Consumption-to-Harm Part
2.4.3. Alcohol-Attributable Fractions
2.4.4. Relative Risks for Targeted Diseases
2.4.5. Premature Mortality
2.4.6. Lag and Latency Time
2.5. Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Scenarios | Avoidable NCD Deaths | |||
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Male | Female | |||
No. (95%CI a) | % b | No. (95%CI a) | % b | |
Total number of NCD deaths in achieving the global target (25% reduction) | 26,150 | 100% | 12,943 | 100% |
Ideal scenarios of 10% alcohol consumption reduction | ||||
Ideal Scenario 1 c | 2907 | 11.1% | 1023 | 7.9% |
Ideal Scenario 2 d | 5639 | 21.6% | 2358 | 18.2% |
Intervention scenarios | ||||
Taxation (50% price increase) | 10,906 (10,567–11,126) | 41.7% | 3423 (3176–3654) | 26.5% |
Advertisement ban | 776 (664–1149) | 3.0% | 303 (118–489) | 2.0% |
Restricting availabilities | 904 (2178–2408) | 3.5% | 1387 (1194–1584) | 2.3% |
Psychological interventions | 2290 (601–952) | 8.8% | 258 (117–406) | 10.7% |
Combined interventions e | 13,286 (12,664–13,884) | 50.8% | 4994 (4270–5670) | 38.6% |
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Chaiyasong, S.; Gao, J.; Bundhamcharoen, K. Estimated Impacts of Alcohol Control Policies on NCD Premature Deaths in Thailand. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 9623. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159623
Chaiyasong S, Gao J, Bundhamcharoen K. Estimated Impacts of Alcohol Control Policies on NCD Premature Deaths in Thailand. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(15):9623. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159623
Chicago/Turabian StyleChaiyasong, Surasak, Jie Gao, and Kanitta Bundhamcharoen. 2022. "Estimated Impacts of Alcohol Control Policies on NCD Premature Deaths in Thailand" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 15: 9623. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159623