TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Review of the Lithuanian alcohol control legislation in 1990-2020
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Miščikienė, Laura
A1  - Midttun, Nijolė Goštautaitė
A1  - Galkus, Lukas
A1  - Belian, Gražina
A1  - Petkeviciene, Janina
A1  - Vaitkevičiūtė, Justina
A1  - Štelemėkas, Mindaugas
SP  - e3454
EP  - e3454
VL  - 17
IS  - 10
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103454
ID  - ref1
ER  -