Alkoholi ja huumeet alueittain 2006

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CONCEPTS
Substance:
Alcohol, surrogates, solvents, psychoactive pharmaceuticals and illegal drugs.
Alcoholic beverage:
A beverage intended for consumption and containing more than 2.8 per cent by volume of ethyl alcohol.
Drug:
An umbrella concept that includes both narcotics and psychoactive pharmaceuticals that can be used
for intoxication purposes.
Narcotic drug:
Defined on the basis of the lists of substances referred to in the Narcotics Decree.
Mixed use:
Simultaneous use of different substances.
Sales of alcoholic beverages:
Total sales of alcoholic beverages include the following sales and delivery items:
Retail sale: Retail trade at Alko stores and delivery points and deliveries of alcoholic beverages to
grocery stores and stores for selling fruit wine and sahti.
Licensed serving: Deliveries of alcoholic beverages to licensed restaurants (restaurants with licence
A, B or C).
Age limits on purchase of alcohol:
In retail sale, mild alcoholic beverages can be purchased by those aged 18 or over and all kinds of
alcoholic beverages by those aged 20 or over. In licensed serving, the age limit is 18.
Licensing in retail sales:
Alko: Alko stores, all alcoholic beverages
Delivery points: Alko supplies alcoholic beverages in response to orders through its delivery points.
Stores for selling fruit wine and sahti: Right to engage on production site in retail sales of fermented,
self-produced beverages with an alcohol content of no more than 13 per cent by volume.
Retail outlets with license C: Right to engage in retail sales of fermented beverages with an alcohol
content of no more than 4.7 per cent by volume.
Licensing in alcohol serving:
Licence A: Right to serve all types of alcoholic beverages.
Licence B: Right to serve alcoholic beverages with an alcohol content of no more than 22 per cent by
volume.
Licence C: Right to serve fermented alcoholic beverages with an alcohol content of no more than 4.7
per cent by volume.
Consumption of alcoholic beverages:
Documented consumption of alcoholic beverages: Retail sales of alcoholic beverages and the licensed
serving of alcoholic beverages in Finland (includes sales by Alko stores to retail customers, deliveries
of alcoholic beverages to grocery stores and licensed restaurants).
Undocumented consumption of alcohol Alcohol imports by passengers, home preparation, illegal
distillation, smuggling, surrogates and alcohol consumed by Finns abroad.
Total consumption of alcoholic beverages: Documented and undocumented consumption combined.