Effectiveness of Restrictions on Availability as a Means of Reducing the Use and Abuse of Alcohol#

Smith, D I

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“…This finding was based on previous empirical research indicating that the expansion of the days (and hours) of sale increased prevalence of excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems. Other narrative reviews 11,12 generally concur with these findings.…”

Section: Findings and Recommendations From Other Reviews And Advisorysupporting

confidence: 55%

Effectiveness of Policies Maintaining or Restricting Days of Alcohol Sales on Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Related Harms

Middleton¹,

Hahn²,

Kuzara³

et al. 2010

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

113

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Local, state, and national laws and policies that limit the days of the week on which alcoholic beverages may be sold may be a means of reducing excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. The methods of the Guide to Community Preventive Services were used to synthesize scientific evidence on the effectiveness for preventing excessive alcohol consumption and related harms of laws and policies maintaining or reducing the days when alcoholic beverages may be sold. Outcomes assessed in 14 studies that met qualifying criteria were excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms, including motor vehicle injuries and deaths, violence-related and other injuries, and health conditions. Qualifying studies assessed the effects of changes in days of sale in both on-premises settings (at which alcoholic beverages are consumed where purchased) and off-premises settings (at which alcoholic beverages may not be consumed where purchased). Eleven studies assessed the effects of adding days of sale, and three studies assessed the effects of imposing a ban on sales on a given weekend day. The evidence from these studies indicated that increasing days of sale leads to increases in excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms and that reducing the number of days that alcoholic beverages are sold generally decreases alcohol-related harms. Based on these findings, when the expansion of days of sale is being considered, laws and policies maintaining the number of days of the week that alcoholic beverages are sold at on- and off-premises outlets in local, state, and national jurisdictions are effective public health strategies for preventing excessive alcohol consumption and related harms.

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Section: Findings and Recommendations From Other Reviews And Advisorysupporting

confidence: 55%

Effectiveness of Policies Maintaining or Restricting Days of Alcohol Sales on Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Related Harms

Middleton¹,

Hahn²,

Kuzara³

et al. 2010

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

113

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“…Consistent with previous research [2,6,7], the overall ,o.5% relative increase in the total outlet rate in NSW was associated with significant increases in male (+22.~%) and female (+,7.7°) liver cirrhosis mortality. Presumably the increase in the NSW outlet rate led to a higher level of alcohol consumption, which in turn influenced the liver cirrhosis mortality rates.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…In the case of the legal minimum drinking age and changes in the days and hours of sale of alcoholic beverages, research findings show that reductions in availability are likely to reduce alcohol-related problems [2]. In the case of the legal minimum drinking age and changes in the days and hours of sale of alcoholic beverages, research findings show that reductions in availability are likely to reduce alcohol-related problems [2].…”

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Relationship between the number and type of alcohol outlets and mortality due to liver cirrhosis and traffic accidents

Smith

1992

Drug and Alcohol Review

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The aim of the study was to determine the effect on liver cirrhosis and driver and motorcyclist mortality of changing the alcohol outlet rates in New South Wales relative to the adjacent control State of Victoria. A longitudinal study design with a six year before period (1968-1973) and a nine year after period (1974-1982) was used. A 10.5% relative increase in the total outlet rate for New South Wales during the after period was associated with significant increases in liver cirrhosis mortality (males + 22.1%, females + 17.7%) and driver and motorcyclist mortality (males + 19.8%, females + 18.9%) in comparison to the control state. The analyses also indicated that the increases in the dependent variables were apparently due to the higher outlet rates for restaurants and stores rather than for hotels and taverns. Attention is drawn to a number of limitations of the study design.

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“…With the apparent exception of changes in tax levels (16, 43) and minimum drinking age (38,98,100,111,112), isolated and small changes in alcohol controls appear unlikely to have substantial effects. Conversely, con current changes in the same direction are likely to have a synergistic effect .…”

Section: Alcohol Controls In Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Alcohol Control and Public Health

Room¹

1984

Annu. Rev. Public Health

109

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Effectiveness of Restrictions on Availability as a Means of Reducing the Use and Abuse of Alcohol#

Abstract: The effect of changes in the legal minimum drinking age, hours of sale of alcoholic beverages and number and type of liquor outlets on variables for the use and abuse of alcohol are reviewed. Implications for research and preventive education of the conclusions drawn are briefly discussed.

Cited by 23 publications

References 30 publications

Effectiveness of Policies Maintaining or Restricting Days of Alcohol Sales on Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Related Harms

Effectiveness of Policies Maintaining or Restricting Days of Alcohol Sales on Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Related Harms

Relationship between the number and type of alcohol outlets and mortality due to liver cirrhosis and traffic accidents

Alcohol Control and Public Health

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