| Preface |
| Introduction |
| Chapter 1: Making Sense
of Alcohol Excise Taxes |
| Chapter 2: Why Increase
Alcohol Excise Taxes? |
| Chapter 3: Reforming
Alcohol Tax Policies |
Chapter 4: Estimating
the Effects of Higher Alcoholic-Beverage Taxes on Prices, Consumption,
Revenues, and Costs Related to Alcohol Problems |
| Chapter 5: The Other
Side: Opposition to Tax Increases |
| Chapter 6: Assessing
State and Local Alcohol Costs |
| Chapter 7: Mounting a
Public Education Campaign |
| Conclusion |
| Sources |
| Appendix A: Support for
Alcohol Excise Tax Increases |
| Appendix B: State Alcohol Tax
Rates, 1995 |
| Appendix C: State Earmarks of
Alcoholic-Beverage Taxes |
| Appendix D: Consumer Price
Index, 1995 |
| Appendix E: Information
Sources |
| Appendix F: Leading
Studies on the Effects of Alcohol Tax Increases |