Measuring and preventing alcohol use and related harm among young people in Asian countries: a thematic review

Table 2 Comparison of “WHO’s five best buys” alcohol policy interventions among eight Asia countries in 2014 [40]

Policies and interventions			China	India	Japan	South Korea	Malaysia	Mongolia	Thailand	Vietnam
Restrict access to retailed alcohol	Minimum drinking age		✘	21 or higher in most states	20	19	18	21	20	18
	Restrictions for on−/off-premise sales	Hours/days	✘ / ✘	Sub national	✘ / ✘	✘ / ✘	✔ / ✘	✔ / ✔	✔ / ✔	✘ / ✘
	Restrictions for on−/off-premise sales	Places/density	✔ / ✔	Sub national	✘ / ✘	✘ / ✘	✔ / ✔	✔ / ✔	✔/ ✘	✘ / ✘
Raise taxes/prices on alcohol	Alcohol excise or tax		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Raise taxes/prices on alcohol	Legally binding alcohol sales promotion / sponsorship		✘/ ✘	✔ / ✔	✘ / ✘	✘ / ✘	✘ / ✘	✔ / ✘	✔ / ✔	✘ / ✘
Enforce bans on alcohol advertising	Advertising / product placement		✘ / ✘	✔ / ✔	✔ / ✔	✔ / ✘	✔ / ✔	✔ / ✘	✔ / ✔	✔ / ✔
Enforce drink driving laws	Sobriety check-points		✘	✘	✔	✔	✔	✘	✔	✔
Enforce drink driving laws	RBT / BAC level		✔ / 0.02	✔ / 0.03	✘ / 0.03	✘ / 0.05	✔ / 0.08	✔ / 0.05	✘ / 0.05	✘ / 0.00
Offer brief advice for hazardous drinking	Number of standard drinks		✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘	✔	✔
	Alcohol content displayed on containers		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
	Health warning labels on advertisements / container		✘ / ✘	✔ / ✔	✘ / ✘	✘ / ✔	✘ / ✘	✘ / ✘	✔ / ✔	✘ / ✘

“✘” is no such policy and “✔” is yes. “Best buys” are WHO recommended the most cost-effective alcohol policy interventions to tackle harmful use of alcohol

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