Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity

Babor, Thomas F.; Caetano, Raúl; Casswell, Sally; Edwards, Griffith; Giesbrecht, Norman; Graham, Kathryn; Grube, Joel W.; Hill, Linda; Holder, Harold D.; Hömel, Ross; Livingston, Michael; Österberg, Esa; Rehm, Jürgen; Room, Robin; Rossow, Ingeborg

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“…Existing research has consistently found that greater access to alcohol leads to increased levels of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms, such as interpersonal violence, injury, and the development of alcohol-related physical and mental health problems. 5,[37][38][39][40] Research focusing on the introduction of alcohol retail into grocery stores has found increased levels of consumption of the liquor products stocked within the grocery store setting. 41 Other studies support these findings, adding that not only does selling alcohol within grocery stores increase alcohol consumption but that the highest increases can occur in female and rural populations.…”

Section: Alcohol Reforms and Proximity To Outletsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…48 Alcohol monopolies represent one of the most effective mechanisms for regulating alcohol in a responsible manner to minimize harm to the public. 37,48 Government-run alcohol monopolies have the potential to regulate alcohol as a controlled substance, as opposed to a regular commodity comparable with subsistence items, such as food, commonly found in grocery store settings. Monopolies offer an opportunity for the government to regulate access, availability, and alcohol marketing in order to encourage responsible consumption and reduce alcohol-related harms, such as drinking and driving, and the sale of liquor products to minors.…”

Section: Alcohol Reforms and Proximity To Outletsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Monopolies offer an opportunity for the government to regulate access, availability, and alcohol marketing in order to encourage responsible consumption and reduce alcohol-related harms, such as drinking and driving, and the sale of liquor products to minors. 5,37 Youth exposure to alcohol products…”

Section: Alcohol Reforms and Proximity To Outletsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Alcohol distribution reforms and school proximity to liquor sales outlets in New Brunswick

Slaunwhite

McEachern

Ronis

et al. 2017

Can J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this project was to evaluate how changes to the sale of alcohol in New Brunswick would be distributed across urban and rural communities, and low-and high-income neighbourhoods. The study objectives were to 1) estimate the population living close to alcohol outlets before and after liquor distribution reforms, 2) identify communities or regions that would be more or less affected, and 3) determine whether expanding access to alcohol products would reduce school proximity to retailers. METHODS:Data from Statistics Canada, Desktop Mapping Technologies Inc. (DMTI), and geocoded publicly available information were spatially linked and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The populations living within 499 m, 500-999 m and 1-5 km of an outlet were estimated, and the distances from schools to stores were examined by geographic characteristics and neighbourhood socio-economic status. CONCLUSION:The findings of this study demonstrate the importance of considering social, economic and health inequities in the context of alcohol policy reforms that will disproportionately affect low-income neighbourhoods and youth living within these areas.KEY WORDS: Alcohol policy; public health; youth; substance abuse La traduction du résumé se trouve à la fin de l'article.

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Section: Alcohol Reforms and Proximity To Outletsmentioning

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Section: Alcohol Reforms and Proximity To Outletsmentioning

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Alcohol distribution reforms and school proximity to liquor sales outlets in New Brunswick

Slaunwhite

McEachern

Ronis

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Can J Public Health

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“…1 Strategies to regulate the availability and service of alcohol at public drinking venues have been found to reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm. 2 As venues licensed to sell alcohol to large numbers of patrons each year, 3 interventions targeting the availability and service of alcohol in non-elite sporting clubs represent an opportunity to address excessive alcohol use in the community.…”

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The impact of alcohol management practices on sports club membership and revenue

Wolfenden

Kingsland

Rowland

et al. 2016

Health Prom J of Aust

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Issue addressed: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of an alcohol management intervention on community sporting club revenue (total annual income) and membership (number of club players, teams and spectators). Methods:The study employed a cluster randomised controlled trial design that allocated clubs either an alcohol accreditation intervention or a control condition. Club representatives completed a scripted telephone survey at baseline and again~3 years following. Demographic information about clubs was collected along with information about club income. Results: Number of players and senior teams were not significantly different between treatment groups following the intervention. The intervention group, however, showed a significantly higher mean number of spectators. Estimates of annual club income between groups at follow-up showed no significant difference in revenue. Conclusions: This study found no evidence to suggest that efforts to reduce alcohol-related harm in community sporting clubs will compromise club revenue and membership.So what? These findings suggest that implementation of an intervention to improve alcohol management of sporting clubs may not have the unintended consequence of harming club viability.

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“…Sweden has since long had a comparatively low level of alcohol consumption and alcohol related harm, and this has been attributed to a tradition of restrictive alcohol policy, including high taxation and retail sale limited to a state monopoly (Anderson & Baumberg, 2006;Babor et al, 2010).…”

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Implementation of a Multicomponent Responsible Beverage Service Programme in Sweden – A Qualitative Study of Promoting and Hindering Factors

Haggård¹,

Trolldal²,

Kvillemo³

et al. 2014

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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AIMS -The objective of this study was to identify factors that either promote or hinder implementation of a multicomponent Responsible Beverage Service programme in Swedish municipalities. DESIGN -Forty semi-structured interviews were conducted in six municipalities and directed content analysis, guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), was performed. RESULTS -The CFIR framework was useful as an underlying theoretical model in this study. Importance of the following factors, described in the five domains of CFIR, was empirically supported in this study: local needs, evidence strength and advantages of the intervention, costs and available resources, clear goals, evaluation and feedback, access to knowledge and information, clear role definitions and cooperation, and enthusiastic key persons with high confidence in the effectiveness of the intervention. Hindering factors listed by the informants were lack of enthusiasm and opportunities to specialise, low degree of self-efficacy, unengaged decision-makers, complexities of the programme, and a top-down approach. CONCLUSIONS -This study indicates that previously identified factors shown to promote and hinder implementation processes are also valid in the context of multicomponent community action programmes like RBS. Suggestions on how to elude some of the hindering factors are proposed, e.g. to develop long-time financial plans, to provide better information about the RBS program in full, and to stress the importance of collaboration between representatives from the municipalities, police authorities and owners of on-licenced premises.

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Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity

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Alcohol distribution reforms and school proximity to liquor sales outlets in New Brunswick

Alcohol distribution reforms and school proximity to liquor sales outlets in New Brunswick

The impact of alcohol management practices on sports club membership and revenue

Implementation of a Multicomponent Responsible Beverage Service Programme in Sweden – A Qualitative Study of Promoting and Hindering Factors

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