Retail alcohol monopolies, underage drinking, and youth impaired driving deaths

Miller, Ted R.; Snowden, Cecelia B.; Birckmayer, Johanna; Hendrie, Delia

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2006.05.003

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“…The YRBSS is a large, multisite high school survey designed to assess the trends in high-priority health-risk behaviors, evaluate the impact of current interventions on the local, state, and national levels, and measure the progress toward achieving national health promotion objectives (i.e., Healthy People 2020). Findings from the YRBSS have added to research in the areas of suicide, reckless driving, obesity, sleep, sexual health, asthma, physical activity, sexual violence, and substance use (Anderson, Santelli, & Morrow, 2006;DuRant, Smith, Kreiter, & Krowchuk, 1999;Jones, Merkle, Fulton, Wheeler, & Mannino, 2006;McKnight-Elly et al, 2011;Miller, Snowden, Birckmayer, & Hendrie, 2006;Silverman, Raj, Mucci, & Hathaway, 2001;Yanovski & Yanovski, 2011;Zayas, Lester, Cabassa, & Fortuna, 2005).…”

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An examination of sexual risk behaviors in adolescent substance users

Thamotharan

Grabowski

Stefano

et al. 2014

International Journal of Sexual Health

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Objectives: This study examined the risk for engaging in high-risk sexual behavior associated with substance use in a sample of U.S. adolescents. Methods: The sample (N D 15,425) was obtained via the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, a survey of public high school students. Results: Substance use was associated with sexual risk behaviors, with odds ratios being greatest for adolescents who used cigarettes and illicit substances, as well as those who engaged in injection drug use. Conclusions: Results highlight the need for prevention and intervention programs targeting sexual risk behaviors in substance-using adolescents as a means to decrease the spread of sexually transmitted infections.

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An examination of sexual risk behaviors in adolescent substance users

Thamotharan

Grabowski

Stefano

et al. 2014

International Journal of Sexual Health

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“…Moreover, moving to privatized sales of certain alcoholic beverage types leads to a median 44% increase in their consumption, with minimal changes in the consumption of beverage types that remain non-privatized [7]. Importantly, there is also evidence that retail monopoly states have significantly lower rates of heavy drinking and alcohol-related fatalities among underage youth [8]. Research is needed to explore whether this is due to reduced access to popular alcohol brands, less frequent advertising, lower outlet density, higher alcohol prices, or increased enforcement by alcohol beverage control agencies [8].…”

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“…Importantly, there is also evidence that retail monopoly states have significantly lower rates of heavy drinking and alcohol-related fatalities among underage youth [8]. Research is needed to explore whether this is due to reduced access to popular alcohol brands, less frequent advertising, lower outlet density, higher alcohol prices, or increased enforcement by alcohol beverage control agencies [8]. …”

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Differences in liquor prices between control state‐operated and license‐state retail outlets in theUnitedStates

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Aims This study aims to compare the average price of liquor in the United States between retail alcohol outlets in states that have a monopoly ('control' states) with those that do not ('licence' states). Design A cross-sectional study of brand-specific alcohol prices in the United States. Setting We determined the average prices in February 2012 of 74 brands of liquor among the 13 control states that maintain a monopoly on liquor sales at the retail level and among a sample of 50 license-state liquor stores, using their online-available prices. Measurements We calculated average prices for 74 brands of liquor by control vs. license state. We used a random effects regression model to estimate differences between control and license state prices – overall and by alcoholic beverage type. We also compared prices between the 13 control states. Findings The overall mean price for the 74 brands was $27.79 in the license states (95% confidence interval [CI], $25.26–$30.32) and $29.82 in the control states (95% CI, $26.98–$32.66). Based on the random effects linear regression model, the average liquor price was approximately two dollars lower (6.9% lower) in license states. Conclusions In the United States monopoly of alcohol retail outlets appears to be associated with slightly higher liquor prices.

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“…While mass media campaigns and interventions in the alcohol server setting may have the potential for reducing traffic crashes [14,18,19], there is also some evidence suggesting that supply-side restrictions targeting all drinkers may be effective. A few studies have demonstrated that the availability of alcohol is associated with incidents of DWI or night-time traffic crashes (which are often alcohol-related) [20][21][22][23]. Correspondingly, some studies suggest an association between alcohol prices and DWI or traffic crashes [24][25][26], yet this is not entirely consistent [27].…”

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