| ABAC | Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code |
| ABV | Alcohol by volume |
| Add Health | The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| AMPHORA | Alcohol Measures for Public Health Research Alliance |
| ASSIST | Alcohol Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test |
| ASTRA | Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association |
| AUD | Australian Dollar |
| AUDIT | Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test |
| AUDs | Alcohol Use Disorders |
| AWRI | Australian Wine Research Institute |
| BAC | Blood Alcohol Content |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| CAD | Canadian Dollar |
| CCHS | Canadian Community Health Survey |
| CHDS | Christchurch Health and Development Study |
| COICOP | Classification Of Individual COnsumption by Purpose |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
| DALY | Disability-adjusted life year |
| EHIS | European Health Interview Survey |
| EMCDDA | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction |
| ENCODAT | Encuesta Nacional de Consumo de Drogas, Alcohol y Tabaco |
| EU | European Union |
| EU27 | The 27 member states of the European Union |
| EUIPO | European Union Intellectual Property Office |
| FASD | Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder |
| FAST | Fast Alcohol Screening Test |
| FMI | Food Marketing Institute |
| FSANZ | Food Standards Australia New Zealand |
| G20 | The Group of Twenty |
| GBP | British Pound |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GISAH | Global Information System on Alcohol and Health |
| GPA | Grade point average |
| HALE | Healthy life expectancy |
| HBSC | Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (survey) |
| HE | Healthcare expenditure |
| HSM | Hello Sunday Morning |
| IARD | International Alliance for Responsible Drinking |
| IAS | Institute of Alcohol Studies |
| ICAP | International Center for Alcohol Policies |
| IHME | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation |
| KNHANES | Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| LY | Life year |
| MSDs | Musculoskeletal disorders |
| MUP | Minimum Unit Pricing |
| NCD | Non-communicable disease |
| NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NIAAA | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OECD SPHeP-NCDs | OECD Strategic Public Health Planning for NCDs |
| PAHO | Pan-American Health Organization |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PPP | Purchasing power parity |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RCT | Randomised Controlled Trial |
| RII | Relative index of inequality |
| RLMS | Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey |
| RR | Relative risk |
| RSOD | Risky Single-Occasion Drinking |
| SBIs | Screening and Brief Interventions |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SES | Socioeconomic status |
| SKUs | Stock-Keeping Units |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNSD | United Nations Statistics Division |
| USD | United States Dollars |
| VAT | Value-Added Tax |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WHO-CHOICE | WHO CHOosing Interventions that are Cost-Effective |