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Newest firstPublic health discussions now apply the label of 'unhealthy commodities' to items attractive to consumers but which bring harm to health and welfare. The list includes tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and other drugs, sugar-sweetened beverages, overprocessed foods and commercial gambling. The histories of markets and controls in such commodities vary, with commerce in alcohol, drugs and gambling prohibited in many place…
Open article record in new tab ↗The object of this contribution based on a systematic review of the literature is to examine to what degree the level of use and potency play a role in regulatory policies for alcohol, other psychoactive substances and gambling, and whether there is an evidence base for this role. Level of use is usually defined around a behavioural pattern of the user (for example, cigarettes smoked per day, or average ethanol us…