Abstract
Licensing laws are one strategy by which the state can influence alcohol consumption by its citizens and thereby influence alcohol-related harm. Licensing laws are designed to limit or control the availability of alcohol to the public. They may do this by regulating the minimum age at which alcohol may be purchased, the types of alcohol which can be sold (for example, the recently repealed ban on high-alcohol lager in Iceland), the measures in which it can be sold (for example, prevention of sale of ‘liquor by the drink’ in some American States), or the times and places at which it can be purchased (the number of alcohol retail outlets available to a population, or the times at which such outlets might be open).
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Kemm, J. (1991). Control of Availability: Licensing Laws. In: Alcohol and the Public Health. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21280-4_6
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