Mystery Shopping and Alcohol Sales: Do Supermarkets and Liquor Stores Sell Alcohol to Underage Customers?

Gosselt, Jordi Franciscus; Hoof, Joris Jasper van; Jong, Menno D.T. de; Prinsen, Sander

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.04.007

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“…Further analyses of our data show that about half the adolescents who were younger than age 16 obtained alcohol from those places, which is against the Licensing and Catering Act. However, these findings are in line with previous research in the Netherlands, which made clear that underage youths were able to purchase alcohol in 80%-90% of the purchase attempts (Gosselt, Van Hoof, De Jong, & Prinsen, 2007 …”

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confidence: 92%

Sweet sixteen and never been drunk?

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Sweet sixteen and never been drunk?

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“…8,17,18 This has been attributed to underage youth obtaining alcohol from off-sales locations with less stringent selling practices, and the demonstrated relationship between outlet density and exposure to illicit drugs and violence. 8,9,15,19,20 Despite the known relationship between outlet density, proximity, and alcohol-related harms, there has been limited research completed on how recent changes to liquor policy will affect exposure to, and the availability of, alcohol products in Canadian communities. New Brunswick is an ideal case study to examine liquor policy reform measures and access to alcohol products because of modifications to the distribution of alcohol in recent years, and the high rates of alcohol abuse and binge drinking among youth and adults.…”

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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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“…However, despite legal age limits it is still possible for many underage adolescents to obtain alcohol in commercial places. Strikingly, compliance with age legislation in commercial establishment is not guaranteed; and alcohol can easily be obtained and consumed (50). Falsification of identification cards is another way to obtain alcohol.…”

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