German drinking behaviours - The Brewers of Europe
German drinking behaviours - The Brewers of Europe
German drinking behaviours - The Brewers of Europe
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
A price increase would miss the target• A price increase has the biggest impact on the people whoalcohol policies should not be targeting and has the smallestimpact on the target problem.• A price increase would hit the light and moderate consumers’consumption levels most, whilst the regular irresponsible andregular binge drinkers are much more likely than the averageconsumer to just change their purchasing behaviour.• A price increase can affect all categories <strong>of</strong> consumers, yet:• Only 1.8% <strong>of</strong> <strong>Europe</strong>ans fall into the category <strong>of</strong> being regular irresponsibleconsumers who would drink less in general as a result.• Only 1.65% <strong>of</strong> <strong>Europe</strong>ans are regular binge drinkers who would drink less ingeneral as a result.Alcohol price and consumer behaviour<strong>The</strong> <strong>Brewers</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Europe</strong> / April 200972