In order to reduce the prevalence of alcohol consumption and harm to public health, it is planned to introduce new restrictions on alcohol availability and advertising in the coming years, while improving the treatment and rehabilitation services of alcohol addiction. Alcohol consumption is increasing every year in Latvia, so it is important to limit its availability and to explain to society the negative impact of alcohol on health. In a draft of its national alcohol strateg

Excise duty cuts of 25 percent came into effect in Estonia on Monday. The rate slashing affects beer and cider, as well as spirits. The law amending the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Duty Act 2008, in its accompanying notes, is aimed primarily at giving business operators an opportunity to cut alcohol prices in order to curb cross-border trade with Latvia, which gained momentum in 2015, BNS reports. Successive hikes in excise duties in Estonia had, critics say