Three Revelations in Support of Better Alcohol Policies

The three articles represent a more concerted attempt to develop a science-based approach to the global burden of alcohol problems and a disturbing set of insights into enormous challenges to effective alcohol control measures in the future.
Three review articles provide background information on three issues of crucial importance to the design and implementation of effective alcohol policy:
the importance of alcohol per capita consumption (APC) for public health and safety,
the dramatic innovations taking place in the way alcohol and other consumer goods are marketed on a global level, and
the yawning gap in our knowledge of illicit and unrecorded alcohol production.