Review of the Lithuanian Alcohol Control Legislation in 1990–2020

Laura Miščikienė, Nijolė Goštautaitė Midttun, Lukas Galkus, Gražina Belian, Janina Petkevičienė, Justina Vaitkevičiūtė and Mindaugas Štelemėkas
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Laura Miščikienė: Health Research Institute, Faculty of Public Health, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Nijolė Goštautaitė Midttun: Lithuanian Tobacco and Alcohol Control Coalition, LT-01131 Vilnius, Lithuania
Lukas Galkus: Health Research Institute, Faculty of Public Health, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Gražina Belian: Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control Department, LT-01312 Vilnius, Lithuania
Janina Petkevičienė: Health Research Institute, Faculty of Public Health, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Justina Vaitkevičiūtė: Health Research Institute, Faculty of Public Health, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Mindaugas Štelemėkas: Health Research Institute, Faculty of Public Health, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 10, 1-16

Abstract: Since the early 1990s, Lithuania has experienced an increasing level of alcohol consumption and a heavy burden of alcohol-related harm, which is associated with the development of alcohol policies. The aim of this analysis was to provide a chronology of change of Lithuanian alcohol control legislation and to present several other detailed examples of the political processes. The data were collected using document reviews. During the last three decades, the Lithuanian alcohol control policies have undergone several cycles of stricter control and liberalizations. Some of the limitations of the study are the exceptional focus on the public health perspective and the inclusion of policies targeting the population as a whole. The strength of the study is in providing a detailed background for future policy effectiveness studies. Some of the recent periods when a series of ‘best buy’ interventions were implemented during a short period are of particular importance, constituting a natural experiment, whose effects need to be studied in more detail in the future.

Keywords: alcohol; alcohol policy; policy process; legislation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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