The discussion of public policy related to alcohol use has relied heavily on the school of thought that maintains that a rise or fall in national per capita consumption would automatically lead to a consequent rise or fall in the proportion of heavy drinkers in the population.
Trends in alcohol consumption patterns 1978–1989
John C DuffyUniversity of Edinburgh
FOREWORD
For some years discussion of public policy related to alcohol use and abuse has relied heavily on theories developed in the 1950s that linked national per...