Globally, alcohol consumption kills 2.6 million people annually. Increasing taxes on alcohol has proven to be the single most effective policy to drive down consumption in both adults and youth. And the revenue that governments gain from higher taxes can be reinvested back into health and social programs.
How we work
Building evidence for alcohol tax increases
Generating evidence matrices and narratives, tax simulation models, elasticity studies and research on employment and illicit trade.
Providing peer support and guidance to decision-makers
Collaborating with governmentministries and other stakeholders tobuild the evidence needed todevelop and implement best-practice policiesthat reduce alcohol harms in the country.
Exchanging knowledge and sharing research
Presenting at the 2023 Global Alcohol Policy Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, to share research aimed at supporting alcohol increases in RESET Alcohol countries.
RESET Alcohol Sri Lankan partners waged a multifaceted campaign of research, advocacy, media outreach and grassroots activism to urge their Sri Lankan government to raise taxes on alcohol products. The result was a series of excise tax increases over the course of a year.
As part of the work to push for increased alcohol taxes, Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC-Sri Lanka) and Vital Strategies launched a public poll to learn about public knowledge on alcohol, attitudes towards its consumption and support for policy action to reduce alcohol harms in the country.
Community groups and civil society organizations analyzed their elected representatives’ positions on alcohol-related issues to determine if they supported alcohol policies.
RESET Alcohol Sri Lankan partners waged a multifaceted campaign of research, advocacy, media outreach and grassroots activism to urge their Sri Lankan government to raise taxes on alcohol products. The result was a series of excise tax increases over the course of a year.
As part of the work to push for increased alcohol taxes, Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC-Sri Lanka) and Vital Strategies launched a public poll to learn about public knowledge on alcohol, attitudes towards its consumption and support for policy action to reduce alcohol harms in the country.
