Preventing Harmful Alcohol Use

Acronyms and abbreviations

ABAC	Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code
ABV	Alcohol by volume
Add Health	The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
AIHW	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
AMPHORA	Alcohol Measures for Public Health Research Alliance
ASSIST	Alcohol Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test
ASTRA	Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association
AUD	Australian Dollar
AUDIT	Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
AUDs	Alcohol Use Disorders
AWRI	Australian Wine Research Institute
BAC	Blood Alcohol Content
BMI	Body Mass Index
CAD	Canadian Dollar
CCHS	Canadian Community Health Survey
CHDS	Christchurch Health and Development Study
COICOP	Classification Of Individual COnsumption by Purpose
COPD	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CVD	Cardiovascular disease
DALY	Disability-adjusted life year
EHIS	European Health Interview Survey
EMCDDA	European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
ENCODAT	Encuesta Nacional de Consumo de Drogas, Alcohol y Tabaco
EU	European Union
EU27	The 27 member states of the European Union
EUIPO	European Union Intellectual Property Office
FASD	Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
FAST	Fast Alcohol Screening Test
FMI	Food Marketing Institute
FSANZ	Food Standards Australia New Zealand
G20	The Group of Twenty
GBP	British Pound
GDP	Gross domestic product
GISAH	Global Information System on Alcohol and Health
GPA	Grade point average
HALE	Healthy life expectancy
HBSC	Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (survey)
HE	Healthcare expenditure
HSM	Hello Sunday Morning
IARD	International Alliance for Responsible Drinking
IAS	Institute of Alcohol Studies
ICAP	International Center for Alcohol Policies
IHME	Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
KNHANES	Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
LY	Life year
MSDs	Musculoskeletal disorders
MUP	Minimum Unit Pricing
NCD	Non-communicable disease
NHANES	National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHS	National Health Service
NIAAA	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECD SPHeP-NCDs	OECD Strategic Public Health Planning for NCDs
PAHO	Pan-American Health Organization
PISA	Programme for International Student Assessment
PPP	Purchasing power parity
R&D	Research and development
RCT	Randomised Controlled Trial
RII	Relative index of inequality
RLMS	Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey
RR	Relative risk
RSOD	Risky Single-Occasion Drinking
SBIs	Screening and Brief Interventions
SDGs	Sustainable Development Goals
SES	Socioeconomic status
SKUs	Stock-Keeping Units
UN	United Nations
UNSD	United Nations Statistics Division
USD	United States Dollars
VAT	Value-Added Tax
WHO	World Health Organization
WHO-CHOICE	WHO CHOosing Interventions that are Cost-Effective