Global Consumption & Impact
Cross-continental analysis of legalised substance prevalence and long-term healthcare outcomes.
Public Health Impact Radar (Relative Index)
Select a region from the radar legend to view specific socioeconomic and healthcare data.
Regional Health Burden Comparison
Registry of Common Toxins
Technical profiles of alcohol and tobacco variants, covering physiological mechanisms and carcinogenic risks.
The Paradox of Legality
Prevalence, Habituation, and Pathology
Alcohol and tobacco products are unique among hazardous substances due to their widespread legal availability and cultural integration. Ethanol and Nicotine both trigger complex neurological responses, leading to high rates of chronic behavioural dependency.
Despite their legality, these substances account for a larger proportion of global mortality and healthcare expenditure than all illicit narcotics combined. Chronic use is a primary driver of non-communicable diseases, including multiple cancers, cirrhosis, and cardiovascular failure.
Technical data aggregated from WHO and Public Health England (PHE) datasets.
Select a profile to view technical analysis and physiological risks.
Policy Intervention Modelling
Visualising the impact of regulatory frameworks on long-term healthcare burdens.
Structural Mitigation
Upstream Health Management
Unlike illicit substances where harm reduction focuses on individual use, Alcohol and Tobacco mitigation relies heavily on population-level interventions. These include price manipulation, accessibility restrictions, and plain packaging mandates.
By altering the environment in which these substances are consumed, governments can flatten the “exposure curve” across entire demographics. This modeller displays how specific legislative actions reduce the projected Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL).