Alcohol Taxation

 Revised and approved by the ACEP Board of Directors April 2003 and January 2010 

 Originated as Council Resolution CR013 and approved as a policy statement titled, "Alcohol Taxation" September 1990 

ACEP supports taxation on the sale of alcoholic beverages if the revenue generated directly supports the preventive, acute medical, psycho-social and long-term health care needs of individuals who suffer the effects of alcohol abuse.