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Controlling Legal Addictions

Proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual symposium of the Eugenics Society, London, 1988

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. David Robinson

    1. Institute for Health Studies, University of Hull, UK

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  2. Alan Maynard

    1. Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK

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  3. Robert Chester

    1. Department of Social Policy and Professional Studies, University of Hull, UK

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Table of contents (12 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Controlling Legal Addictions: ‘Taking Advantage of What’s There’

    • David Robinson
    Pages 1-23

  3. History and Addiction Control: The Case of Alcohol

    • Virginia Berridge
    Pages 24-42

  4. Many Problems in Many Forms

    • Michael Gossop
    Pages 43-62

  5. Controlling Alcohol Abuse

    • Marcus Grant
    Pages 63-83

  6. The Costs of Addiction and the Costs of Control

    • Alan Maynard
    Pages 84-100

  7. Low Cost Responses

    • Ray J. Hodgson
    Pages 101-109

  8. Price Regulation

    • Christine Godfrey
    Pages 110-130

  9. Tax Harmonisation in the European Community

    • Melanie Powell
    Pages 131-147

  10. The Politics of the Market

    • Rob Baggott
    Pages 148-166

  11. Industry, Employment and Control Policy

    • Keith Hartley
    Pages 167-182

  12. The Information Component

    • Larry Harrison
    Pages 183-202

  13. Legal Controls and Voluntary Agreements

    • Philip Tether
    Pages 203-220

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 221-241
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About this book

This book, the proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual symposium of the Eugenics Society, looks into the complex alcohol and tobacco markets and how they are influenced by international factors such as EEC harmonization.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Health Studies, University of Hull, UK

    David Robinson

  • Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK

    Alan Maynard

  • Department of Social Policy and Professional Studies, University of Hull, UK

    Robert Chester

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Controlling Legal Addictions

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual symposium of the Eugenics Society, London, 1988

  • Editors: David Robinson, Alan Maynard, Robert Chester

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20237-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Eugenics Society 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-20237-9Published: 01 October 1989

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 241

  • Topics: Sociology, general

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