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Why Raise Alcohol Taxes?
Most states have not increased alcohol taxes in decades and their values have dwindled with inflation. Dormant tax rates have also contributed to gradual and substantial declines in the prices of alcoholic beverages.

Alcohol Tax Calculator
This new tool from Marin Institute can estimate new annual revenue from an alcohol tax or fee increase in your state. 2009

Effects of Beverage Alcohol Price and Tax Levels on Drinking
This resource summarizes the results of 112 studies on the effect of raising alcohol taxes on beverage consumption. 2009

State Legislative Activity: Alcohol Taxes, Alcopops, and Alcohol Advertising
This resource from the Marin Institute provides up to date information about legislative activity by states on alcohol taxes, alcopops, and alcohol advertising. 2009

Alcohol Policy Information System
This electronic resource provides detailed, comparable information on alcohol-related policies in the United States, at both state and federal levels.

Increasing Alcohol Taxes to Fund Programs to Prevent and Treat Youth-Related Alcohol Problems
This Strategizer offers information for you to begin the debate on raising alcohol excise tax rates at the state and local levels.

Recommendations for Success: New Hampshire's Strategy to Reduce Underage Alcohol Problems
A resource that provides specific recommendations for action to reduce underage alcohol problems in New Hampshire. 2005

Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility
This Institute of Medicine (IOM) report proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use and explores the ways in which many different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. 2004

Roadmap to Success: Reducing Underage Alcohol Problems in New Hampshire
Learn more about simple steps that you can take to reduce underage alcohol problems in New Hampshire. 2005

Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control
This comprehensive analysis of alcohol policy issues calls for broadening our approach to curbing destructive drinking. 2007

The NSDUH Report: State Estimates of Underage Drinking
This report presents state estimates of past month and binge alcohol use among persons aged 12 to 20. 2006

A Factbook on State Beer Taxes
The Factbook provides comprehensive data on beer-tax rates across the country and examines the steady, inflation-induced decline in the value of those taxes to state government. 2004

AlcoholTaxIncrease.org
This website urges a 3 fold increase in New Mexico's alcohol excise taxes.

The Cost of Alcopops to Youth and California
This new report by the Marin Institute found that correctly taxing alcopops in California could save the lives of 21 youths each year, as well as save the state $437 million annually. 2007

Assessing State Readiness to Act on Alcohol Tax Research Findings
This report looks at "state readiness" to act on research findings related to alcohol taxes. 2005

Drinking By the Numbers: An Interactive U.S. Map
This multimedia coverage by the Gannett Wisconsin Media provides an “Interactive U.S. Map” with a state-by-state alcohol profile ranking each state on ten data points. 2008

Pima County Alcohol Tax Survey
A public opinion survey of registered voters to assess their willingness to support an increase in the tax on alcohol. 2004

Promising Strategies: Results of the Fourth National Survey on Community Efforts to Reduce Substance Abuse and Gun Violence
This booklet discusses findings from Join Together's fourth national survey and provides tips on how communities can use local data in their efforts to reduce substance abuse and gun violence. 1999

Blueprint for the States: Policies to Improve the Ways States Organize and Deliver Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Treatment
Recommendations for policies to improve the way states organize and deliver alcohol and drug prevention and treatment. 2006