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Addiction Psychiatry 2018 Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy
ISSN: 2155-6105 Page 60
August 13-14, 2018
Madrid, Spain
8th International Conference on
Addiction Psychiatry
Background: The high level of alcohol consumption, together with
a pattern of occasional excessive consumption of vodka (binge
drinking), is associated with excessive effect on public health in
the Russian Federation. Many experts believe that binge drinking
of vodka is the main cause of the strikingly high alcohol-related
mortality rates in Russia.
Objectives: To assess the relationship between alcohol taxes and
alcohol-related mortality rates in Russia.
Methods: Trends in the excise tax rates for vodka and alcohol-
related mortality rates between 2010 and 2015 were compared.
To examine the relationship between the dependent variable
(alcohol-related mortality) and independent variables (excise tax
rates for vodka) a Spearman’s correlation analysis was performed
using the statistical package Statistica 12.StatSoft.
Results: Spearman’s correlation analysis suggests a statistically
significant inverse relationship between excise tax rates for
vodka and mortality from alcohol dependence, alcoholic
cardiomiopathy, alcoholic liver disease, alcoholic pancreatitis and
alcohol poisonings.
Conclusions: The results of this study suggest an inverse
aggregate-level relationship between excise tax rates for vodka
and alcohol-related mortality rates in Russia. Given this evidence,
raising excise tax rates for vodka appears to be an effective policy
to reduce alcohol-related mortality rates in Russia.
Effectiveness of alcohol tax policy intervention for reducing
alcohol-related mortality rates in Russia
Y E Razvodovsky
Belarus
J Addict Res Ther 2018, Volume 9
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6105-C2-040