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. 2022 Jul 4:56:66.
doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004093. eCollection 2022.

Would the Brazilian population support the alcohol policies recommended by the World Health Organization?

Raquel B De Boni  1 , Jurema C Mota  1 , Carolina Coutinho  2 , Francisco I Bastos  1
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Would the Brazilian population support the alcohol policies recommended by the World Health Organization?

Raquel B De Boni et al. Rev Saude Publica. .

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the support of the Brazilian population to the alcohol-policies proposed by the World Health Organization to decrease alcohol harm (specifically: to decrease alcohol availability and advertising, and to increase pricing). In addition, we evaluated the factors associated with being against those policies.

Methods: Data from 16,273 Brazilians, aged 12-65 years, interviewed in the 3rd Brazilian Household Survey on Substance Use (BHSU-3) were analyzed. The BHSU-3 is a nationwide, probability survey conducted in 2015. Individuals were asked if they would be against, neutral, or in favor of seven alcohol policies grouped as: 1) Strengthen restrictions on alcohol availability; 2) Enforce bans or restrictions on alcohol advertising, sponsorship, and promotion; and 3) Raise prices on alcohol through excise taxes and pricing. Generalized linear models were fitted to evaluate factors associated with being against each one of those policies and against all of policies.

Results: Overall, 28% of the Brazilians supported all the above mentioned policies, whereas 16% were against them. The highest rate of approval refers to restricting advertising (53%), the lowest refers to increasing prices (40%). Factors associated with being against all policies were: being male (AOR = 1.1; 95%CI: 1.0-1.3), not having a religion (AOR = 1.4; 95%CI: 1.1-1.8), being catholic (AOR = 1.3; 95%CI: 1.1-1.5), and alcohol dependence (AOR = 1.6; 95%CI: 1.1-2.4).

Conclusions: The Brazilian government could count on the support of most of the population to restrict alcohol advertising. This information is essential to tackle the lobby of the alcohol industry and its clever marketing strategy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Generalized linear regression models to evaluate factors associated with being against a) All policies, b) Strengthening restriction on alcohol availability, c) Enforcing bans or restrictions on alcohol advertising, sponsorship, and promotion, d) Raising prices on alcohol through excise taxes and pricing policies. Brazil, 2015.
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Figure 2. Generalized linear regression models to evaluate factors associated with being against each alcohol related policy in Brazil, 2015.
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