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Work Package # 5Regulation and taxation

Improving compliance and enforcement of existing regulations

Summary

Task 5.1 is structured to address the enhancement of compliance and enforcement of regulations concerning alcohol and tobacco. It is divided into two focused sub-tasks: the first sub-task aims to map and develop policy scales for alcohol and tobacco regulations, while the second sub-task delves into the regulation of online sales and marketing of these products. This task collectively supports the broader goal of improving regulatory practices and policies for NCD prevention.

Improving existing alcohol and tobacco regulations

The objectives of this sub-task are to map alcohol and tobacco related (incl. novel nicotine products) policies in the European countries, and to compare the present situation to the results of the earlier studies and to further develop the policy scale method paying special attention to regulatory basis of off-premises sales and implementation of regulation.

For this, the following analyses will be conducted:

  1. Review previous and ongoing attempts to develop an instrument for assessing alcohol and tobacco policies in Europe;
  2. Develop methodology and an instrument to assess alcohol and tobacco policies and applying it to countries in Europe;
  3. Apply results obtained from the scaling approach to classify countries according to the scale and to assess policy developments within countries, and to analyze the current situation of alcohol and tobacco policies in Europe and implications for further improvement;
  4. Map and discuss effectiveness of local and regional autonomy in alcohol and tobacco regulation

Regulation of online tobacco and alcohol

The objective of the sub-task is to map e-commerce (incl. domestic and cross-border online sales, and digital marketing) with alcohol and tobacco and related products (incl. novel nicotine products) and its implications on public health in selected European countries.


The following analysis will be conducted:

  1. Review existing studies and to map the legal framework of e-commerce (incl. domestic and cross-border online sales and advertising) with alcohol and tobacco and related products (incl. novel nicotine products) in selected European countries (e.g. survey);
  2. Identify and assess the monitoring practices of e-commerce of alcohol and tobacco and related products;
  3. Map the phenomena of e-commerce online sales of alcohol and tobacco and related products, the implications on public health and the possibilities to regulate the markets;
  4. Identify and assess the enforcement mechanisms in regulation of e-commerce and marketing of alcohol and tobacco and related products in selected European countries (e.g. survey); and
  5. Identify examples and assess solutions for digital age compliance applied in selected European countries (e.g. survey, possible case studies).