Review * The impact of alcopops on adolescent drinking: a literature review

Metzner, Cornelia; Kraus, Ludwig

doi:10.1093/alcalc/agm148

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“…Conversely, several studies found that evidence of an association between alcopops consumption and higher risks of negative consequences in adolescents is scarce [11,28,29,[38][39][40][41]. The results of the present study confirm that these beverages are particularly appealing to young people as more than 60% of the students reported that they have drunk alcopops [9,11,42].…”

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“…Indeed, they are sweet beverages, often carbonated and/or fruitflavoured, that resemble soda or other soft drinks, and their pleasant taste tends to conceal the taste of alcohol [10,11,[28][29][30]. Accordingly, a significant rate of teenagers believe that alcopops contain less alcohol than beer [10,[31][32][33].…”

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“…Alcopops are ready-mixed drinks containing 5-7% alcohol by volume, usually sweet, flavoured, and served in small bottles varying from 200 to 275 ml [10,11]. The sweet taste of alcopops makes them particularly attractive to adolescents, particularly girls [9,11].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The sweet taste of alcopops makes them particularly attractive to adolescents, particularly girls [9,11]. In Italy, students start to drink alcoholic beverages earlier than in other European Countries, having their first drink at an average age of 12.2 years, compared to 14.6 years throughout Europe [12].…”

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Unawareness of Alcoholic Content of Alcopops among 13-Year Old Italian Teenagers

Agabio¹

2013

J Alcoholism Drug Depend

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Aims: Alcopops are ready-mixed drinks containing approximately the same amount of alcohol as beer, usually sweet, and flavoured, particularly appealing to young people. The present study was aimed to investigate whether young adolescents aged 12-14 years, corresponding to the average age of the first drink, are capable of identifying the presence of alcohol in these beverages.Methods: Administration of a questionnaire comprising 8 questions investigating knowledge and consumption of different alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages to a sample of 13-year old Italian students. Results:More than 20% of a sample of 224 students reported that they were unaware of the alcoholic content of alcopops at the age of the first drink. The number of students unable to distinguish alcopops from non-alcoholic beverages was significantly higher than students who were not able to distinguish beer from alcohol-free beverages. Conclusions:At the age of the first drink, the identification of alcopops as alcoholic beverages is more difficult than that of other beverages containing the same amount of alcohol. Information aimed at increasing the ability of adolescents to distinguish between alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages should be provided to young adolescent students before they start drinking.

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Unawareness of Alcoholic Content of Alcopops among 13-Year Old Italian Teenagers

Agabio¹

2013

J Alcoholism Drug Depend

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“…These 'new drinks' had a trendy design and a sweet, non-alcoholic taste (Romanus, 2000;Lanier, Hayes, & Duffy, 2005), which may have enticed especially young children and girls, who would otherwise not drink, to embark on the use of alcohol (Metzner & Kraus, 2008). They were among the most popular alcoholic beverages among Dutch adolescents in secondary education in the 1990s (De Zwart et al, 2000;Ter Bogt, Van Dorsselaer, & Vollebergh, 2002).…”

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Trends in adolescent alcohol use in the Netherlands, 1992–2015: Differences across sociodemographic groups and links with strict parental rule-setting

Looze

Dorsselaer

Monshouwer

et al. 2017

International Journal of Drug Policy

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A B S T R A C TBackground: From an international perspective, studying trends in adolescent alcohol use in the Netherlands is an important case study. Whereas Dutch adolescents topped the international rankings of alcohol consumption in the beginning of this century, they are nowadays found more toward the bottom of these rankings. This study examines time trends in adolescent alcohol use between 1992 and 2015, and tests whether these trends differ according to gender, age group, and educational track. Moreover, it examines to what extent the strictness of parental rule-setting can explain the identified trends. Methods: Using data from ten waves of two nationally representative studies with a repeated crosssectional design, trends were examined for eight different alcohol measures. Interaction analyses were conducted to test for subgroup differences. All analyses were controlled for educational track, family structure, and ethnicity. For the period 2007-2015, trends in parental alcohol-specific rule-setting were included as a predictor of the trends in adolescent alcohol use. Results: Adolescent alcohol use increased substantially between 1992 and 2003, and decreased sharply thereafter. Trends were stronger for 12-to 15-year olds, compared to the 16-year olds, and for adolescents attending higher educational tracks, compared to adolescents attending lower educational tracks. Overall, gender differences remained constant over time. Between 2007 and 2015, strict parental alcoholspecific rule-setting increased substantially, and this (partly) explained the strong decline in adolescent alcohol use during this period. Conclusion: This study shows clear time trend changes in alcohol use among Dutch adolescents. The phenomenal decrease in adolescent alcohol use since 2003 appears to be closely related to a radical change in parenting behaviours surrounding the alcohol use of their children. While national prevention programs may have encouraged stricter parenting behaviours, the decline in alcohol use should be interpreted in a broader context of internationally changing sociocultural norms regarding adolescent alcohol use.

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Introduction: Alcohol, Age, Generation and the Life Course

Thurnell‐Read

Fenton²

2022

Alcohol, Age, Generation and the Life Course

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Review * The impact of alcopops on adolescent drinking: a literature review

Abstract: In place of beverage-specific interventions, a successful alcohol policy should look to implement evidence-based measures for the reduction of total alcohol consumption.

Cited by 49 publications

References 57 publications

Unawareness of Alcoholic Content of Alcopops among 13-Year Old Italian Teenagers

Unawareness of Alcoholic Content of Alcopops among 13-Year Old Italian Teenagers

Trends in adolescent alcohol use in the Netherlands, 1992–2015: Differences across sociodemographic groups and links with strict parental rule-setting

Introduction: Alcohol, Age, Generation and the Life Course

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