uk alcohol strategy

Home Office Strategy page + strategy paper

demerit goods - focus on alcohol and tobacco

drinking
10 approaches to binge drinking
younge people and drinking
alcohol effects (bbc)

effects of alcohol

ready steady drink (bbc3)

bbc resources on binge drinking





1) ban prohibition
resticting consumption (res)


2)licensing laws + changing attitudes


24 hour drinking one year on (bbc 11/06)


impact of changes (bbc 11/06)


law change not changing habits (bbc 11/06)


alcohol attitudes in europe (bbc 11/07)


3) marketing and advertising


booze marketing ban (bbc 09/09)


the power of marketing (bbc 09/09)


4) minimum prices


alcohol minimum price (bbc 03/09) at a glance


eu ruling on minimum prices (smoking) ft 05/03/10



5) taxes


finlands u turn on alcohol tax (bbc 02/09)


alcohol tax rise (bbc 10/07)


impact of tax rises (guardian 03/08)


prices do not cut drinking (bbc jan 06)


6) legisaltion on age


call to raise drinking age to 21 (bbc 03/07)


7) state run monopoly


3 countries compared (bbc 11/05)








is state advertising effective (c4 june 2010)


minimum prices introduced

smoking
should we ban smoking (project sydicate nov 2011) + mp3 file

smoking video resources

cigarette warnings


bbc 50 years of anti smoking advice mar 2012

alcohol strategy UK

Home Office Strategy page + strategy paper

demerit goods 2013

drinking
10 approaches to binge drinking
younge people and drinking
alcohol effects (bbc)

effects of alcohol

ready steady drink (bbc3)

bbc resources on binge drinking

1) ban prohibition
resticting consumption (res)

2)licensing laws + changing attitudes

24 hour drinking one year on (bbc 11/06)

impact of changes (bbc 11/06)

law change not changing habits (bbc 11/06)

alcohol attitudes in europe (bbc 11/07)

3) marketing and advertising

booze marketing ban (bbc 09/09)

the power of marketing (bbc 09/09)

4) minimum prices

alcohol minimum price (bbc 03/09) at a glance

eu ruling on minimum prices (smoking) ft 05/03/10

5) taxes

finlands u turn on alcohol tax (bbc 02/09)

alcohol tax rise (bbc 10/07)

impact of tax rises (guardian 03/08)

prices do not cut drinking (bbc jan 06)

6) legisaltion on age

call to raise drinking age to 21 (bbc 03/07)

7) state run monopoly

3 countries compared (bbc 11/05)

is state advertising effective (c4 june 2010)


minimum prices introduced

smoking
should we ban smoking (project sydicate nov 2011) + mp3 file

smoking video resources

cigarette warnings

bbc 50 years of anti smoking advice mar 2012

decriminalisation and drugs debate

demerit good material

drinking
10 approaches to binge drinking
younge people and drinking
alcohol effects (bbc)

effects of alcohol

ready steady drink (bbc3)

bbc resources on binge drinking

1) ban prohibition
resticting consumption (res)

2)licensing laws + changing attitudes

24 hour drinking one year on (bbc 11/06)

impact of changes (bbc 11/06)

law change not changing habits (bbc 11/06)

alcohol attitudes in europe (bbc 11/07)

3) marketing and advertising

booze marketing ban (bbc 09/09)

the power of marketing (bbc 09/09)

4) minimum prices

alcohol minimum price (bbc 03/09) at a glance

eu ruling on minimum prices (smoking) ft 05/03/10

5) taxes

finlands u turn on alcohol tax (bbc 02/09)

alcohol tax rise (bbc 10/07)

impact of tax rises (guardian 03/08)

prices do not cut drinking (bbc jan 06)

6) legisaltion on age

call to raise drinking age to 21 (bbc 03/07)

7) state run monopoly

3 countries compared (bbc 11/05)

is state advertising effective (c4 june 2010)


minimum prices introduced

smoking
should we ban smoking (project sydicate nov 2011) + mp3 file

smoking video resources

cigarette warnings

bbc 50 years of anti smoking advice mar 2012

toy market data response

Christmas Prep Data response: The Toy market

01 definition (5 marks)Give as clear and conside a definition as posible include an example where appropriate

02 data question (8 marks)
make two observations about the data support with data reference and units clearly stated - think highs and lows (range) start points and finish points or trends within the data

03 diagram (12 marks)
start with a definition of demand supply and the toy market (2 marks), then use the extract to identify a demand and/or supply side factor that has impacted upon the market (2 marks), draw a diagram to highlight the change in market equilbrium (4 marks), then explain how the price mexhanism brings about the movement from one equilibrium to another (4 marks), finally write a brief pargraph about longer term developments or complications (4 marks)

04 discussion (25 marks)
Start by explaning how the market finds an efficient equilbrium, refer to the chart and extract explicitly to create context.
Highlight particular characterisitics specific to the toy market which may mean that this equilibrium is in fact is a position of over production of consumption using extract reference to support your points

Suggest two alternative policy interventions to correct the problem, illustrate how they work by drawing a diagram

Write a concluding paragraph that suggests a combination of policies, posssible problems in the longer term that may be caused through intervention

Support Material:

bbc click video games and violence (06/12/2011)

bbc panorama addicted to games (bbc 12/2010)

games industry

bbc report 10 mins

t2u blog entry

smoking bans and smoking data

should we ban smoking (project sydicate nov 2011) + mp3 file

smoking video resources

demerit goods

cigarette warnings

science of hangovers

demerit goods - alcohol

ready steady drink (bbc3)

bbc resources on binge drinking

1) ban prohibition
resticting consumption (res)

2)licensing laws + changing attitudes

24 hour drinking one year on (bbc 11/06)

impact of changes (bbc 11/06)

law change not changing habits (bbc 11/06)

alcohol attitudes in europe (bbc 11/07)

3) marketing and advertising

booze marketing ban (bbc 09/09)

the power of marketing (bbc 09/09)

4) minimum prices

alcohol minimum price (bbc 03/09) at a glance

eu ruling on minimum prices (smoking) ft 05/03/10

5) taxes

finlands u turn on alcohol tax (bbc 02/09)

alcohol tax rise (bbc 10/07)

impact of tax rises (guardian 03/08)

prices do not cut drinking (bbc jan 06)

6) legisaltion on age

call to raise drinking age to 21 (bbc 03/07)

7) state run monopoly

3 countries compared (bbc 11/05)

is state advertising effective (c4 june 2010)


minimum prices introduced

alcohol most harmful drug

alcohol effects (bbc)

effects of alcohol

demerit goods alcohol

1) ban prohibition

2)licensing laws + changing attitudes

24 hour drinking one year on (bbc 11/06)

impact of changes (bbc 11/06)

law change not changing habits (bbc 11/06)

alcohol attitudes in europe (bbc 11/07)

3) marketing and advertising

booze marketing ban (bbc 09/09)

the power of marketing (bbc 09/09)

4) minimum prices

alcohol minimum price (bbc 03/09) at a glance

eu ruling on minimum prices (smoking) ft 05/03/10

5) taxes

finlands u turn on alcohol tax (bbc 02/09)

alcohol tax rise (bbc 10/07)

impact of tax rises (guardian 03/08)

prices do not cut drinking (bbc jan 06)

6) legisaltion on age

call to raise drinking age to 21 (bbc 03/07)

7) state run monopoly

3 countries compared (bbc 11/05)

8) education and information

is state advertising effective (c4 june 2010)

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