Table 1.

Alcohol control policies implemented between 2001 and 2018 in Lithuania.

No.	Date of policy implemented	Type of policy	Analysis 1	Policy score for analysis 3
1	1 June 2001	Taxation/price (increase excise tax by 6% for ethyl alcohol, change of taxing format)	0	0.5
2	28 November 2001	Availability (liberalization of sales and production, sales of alcohol in petrol stations allowed)	0	1.2
3	28 June 2002	Availability (state production monopoly abolished; municipalities allowed to decide on alcohol sales) marketing/advertising (liberalization of advertising, fines for violations reduced)	0	0.0
4	1 July 2002	Taxation/price (exemption of excise tax for small breweries)	0	0.3
5	1 May 2003	Drink-driving (criminal liability restored in certain cases when individuals are harmed or property is damaged significantly)	0	2.0
6	16 July 2003	Marketing/advertising (liberalization of advertising by expanding the range of display places)	0	0.0
7	1 January 2004	Taxation/price (decline of excise tax of a Subcategory of fermented beverages when equalizing the tax with other similar categories)	0	0.0
8	1 May 2004	Taxation/price (four alcohol beverage categories formed, licensing changes when joining the EU)	0	0.3
9	1 January 2008	Drink-driving (increased penalties) marketing/advertising (banned on TV/radio during daytime) taxation/price (increase excise tax by 10–20%)	1	Three measures Avg. 4.6
10	1 January 2009	Taxation/price (increase excise tax by 10–15%, removal of tax exemptions for small beer breweries, relative price of alcohol increases due to global economic crisis) availability (off-premise sales restricted at night, a ban on having opened alcohol beverages in cars)	1	Two measures Avg. 5.7
11	1 April 2014	Taxation/price (increase excise tax by 10–47%; 1% for ethyl alcohol)	1	6.0
12	1 January 2015	Drink-driving (0% BAC for select drivers)	0	4.2
13	1 March 2015	taxation/price (increase excise tax by 10–16%; 2% for ethyl alcohol)	1	6.5
14	1 January 2016	Availability (banned sales at petrol stations)	1	5.0
15	1 March 2016	Taxation/price (increase excise tax by 8%; 2.5% for ethyl alcohol)	0	4.7
16	1 January 2017	Drink-driving (> 0.15% BAC = criminal offense)	0	3.3
17	1 March 2017	Taxation/price (increase excise tax: 111–112% for wines and beer; 23% for ethyl alcohol)	1	9.5
18	1 January 2018	availability (increase legal minimum age and increased enforcement; reduced off-premises sales hours) marketing/advertisement (full ban of TV radio and internet advertisements, with few exceptions)	1	Two measures, average 6.1

Gray-highlighted rows indicated time-points with expert judgment of ≥ 5 for at least one of the policies implemented. BAC = blood alcohol concentration.