High risk drinking settings: the association of serving and promotional practices with harmful drinking

Abstract

A household survey of 1160 Western Australian adults was used as a basis for exploring drinkers' reports about the settings in which they drank alcohol and their experiences of alcohol related harm. Of the 873 drinkers identified, 7.9% had experienced some form of acute alcohol related harm over the previous 3 months. Violent incidents were the most common of these and drink-driving offences the least. Such harm was significantly more likely among drinkers who variously drank 'heavily', were male, single, under 25 years of age and/or who drank on licensed premises. Regression analyses revealed that even when demographic characteristics of the drinkers were controlled for licensed premises were significantly more likely to be the settings used prior to harm occurring. Bar staff continuing to serve 'obviously intoxicated' customers was the most powerful predictor of harm. Premises which offered discounted drinks or permitted crowding also tended to be those where intoxication was permitted but these variables were not directly associated with an increased risk of harm. These findings lend further weight to the view that prevention efforts should focus on licensed drinking environments and, in particular, the practice of continuing to serve obviously intoxicated customers.

Changes in wine consumption are influenced most by health: results from a population survey of South Australians in 2013

“…34,[37][38][39] The published literature is conflicted as to whether price may be important for drinking participation by youth and young adults. [40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48] No 15-to 24-year-olds in this study cited price as a reason for decreasing their wine consumption.…”

Beverage sales and drinking and driving: the role of on-premise drinking places.

“…These have been obtained from drunken-driving offender and treatment populations (Perrine, 1970;Seizer et al, 1977), from driving populations at roadside (Borkenstein et al, 1964) and from general population studies (Casswell et al, 1993;Gruenewald et al, 1995;Single and Wortley, 1993;Stockwell et al, 1993). While all have noted the apparent cultural link between beer consumption and drinking and driving (see Berger and Snortum, 1986;Snortum et al, 1987), none has explicated the degree to which drinking and driving is separately related to beverage-specific use versus choice of drinking locations.…”

The Negative Effects of Alcohol Establishment Size and Proximity on the Frequency of Violent and Disorder Crime across Block Groups of Victoria, British Columbia

“…We also used the 2011 census count of males between 19 and 24 years old, and the median age per DA to signify populations at risk of alcohol attributable-crime. Young males are documented to consume more alcohol [57], and have a higher probability of experiencing harms such as violence while intoxicated [18,[74][75][76].…”