Houghton, Frank and Houghton, Daisy and Daly, Mia and Campbell, Anne Combatting gambling in Ireland: adopting demand and supply strategies from the fight against big tobacco and alcohol. Irish Journal of Medical Science, Early online, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-026-04699-z.
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This paper outlines the threat posed by gambling in Ireland and proposes a range of policy responses. Drawing on established tobacco and alcohol control measures, it argues for restrictions on advertising and point-of-sale (PoS) marketing, mandatory warnings, plain packaging, improved enforcement, raising the minimum gambling age to 21, increasing minimum spend requirements, introducing temporal limits on gambling, increasing gambling taxes, and introducing a retailer licence fee for National Lottery sales.
F Concepts in psychology > Process / behavioural disorder (addiction) > Gambling > Gambling type (betting, lottery, cards, sports, video games, loot boxes)
F Concepts in psychology > Process / behavioural disorder (addiction) > Process disorder policy
F Concepts in psychology > Process / behavioural disorder (addiction) > Process disorder industry or business
F Concepts in psychology > Process / behavioural disorder (addiction) > Process disorder harms
G Health and disease > State of health / wellbeing
G Health and disease > Public health
L Social psychology and related concepts > Physical context, location or place
MM-MO Crime and law > Social, health, criminal legislation (law)
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Marketing and public relations (advertising)
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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