Alcohol Policies in U.S. and International Context

Countries and regions within countries vary in drinking patterns, demographics, economic development, disease-burden and cultural conditions. These variations support the tailoring of alcohol policies to address the particular circumstances faced by each country and region. However, there is evidence that specific regulations, such as higher tax rates, restrictions on alcohol availability, including hours, days and locations of sales and minimum legal drinking age, are effective policy interventions regardless of jurisdiction.

Alcohol Policies and Alcohol-Involved Homicide Victimization in the United States

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Evidence for the Effectiveness of Minimum Pricing of Alcohol: A Systematic Review and Assessment Using the Bradford Hill Criteria for Causality

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Alcohol Policies and Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crash Fatalities Among Young People in the US

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The Alcohol Policy Environment, Enforcement and Consumption in the United States

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  1. An Analysis of Changes in the Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages: The Interaction Among Consumption, Related Harms, Contextual Factors and Alcoholic Beverage Control Policies
    Allamani A, Pepe P, Baccini M, Massini G, Voller F. Substance Use & Misuse. 49, 1692-1715.
    Date: 2014
  2. Italy Between Drinking Culture and Control Policies for Alcoholic Beverages
    Allamani A, Voller F, Pepe P, Baccini M, Massini G, Cipriani F. Substance Use & Misuse. 49(12), 1646-1664.
    Date: 2014
  3. Analyzing the Effect of Selected Control Policy Measures and Sociodemographic Factors on Alcoholic Beverage Consumption in Europe Within the Amphora Project: Statistical Methods
    Baccini M, Carreras G. Substance Use & Misuse. 49(12), 1546-1554.
    Date: 2014
  4. Analyzing and Comparing the Association Between Control Policy Measures and Alcohol Consumption in Europe
    Baccini, M and Carreras, G. Substance Use & Misuse. 49(12), 1684-1691.
    Date: 2014
  5. Adolescent Alcohol Use: A Reflection of National Drinking Patterns and Policy?
    Bendtsen P, Damsgaard MT, Huckle T, Casswell S, Kuntsche E, Arnold P, Holstein BE. Addiction. 109(11), 1857-1868.
    Date: 2014
  6. Are Alcohol Policies Associated with Alcohol Consumption in Low‐And Middle‐Income Countries?
    Cook WK, Bond J, Greenfield TK. Addiction. 109(7), 1081-1090.
    Date: 2014
  7. Measuring the Strength of State‐Level Alcohol Control Policies
    Erickson, DJ, Lenk, KM, Toomey, TL, Nelson, TF, Jones‐Webb, R and Mosher, JF. World Medical & Health Policy. 6(3), 171-186.
    Date: 2014
  8. Australian Alcohol Policy 2001-2013 and Implications for Public Health
    Howard SJ, Gordon R, Jones SC. BMC Public Health. 14(1), 848.
    Date: 2014
  9. College Student Drinking Research from the 1940s to the Future: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going
    Kilmer, JR, Cronce, JM and Larimer, ME. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Supplement. s17, 26-35.
    Date: 2014
  10. A New Scale of the Us Alcohol Policy Environment and Its Relationship to Binge Drinking
    Naimi, TS, Blanchette, J, Nelson, TF, Nguyen, T, Oussayef, N, Heeren, TC, Gruenewald, P, Mosher, J and Xuan, Z. American journal of preventive medicine. 46(1), 10-16.
    Date: 2014
  11. Effects of the Local Alcohol Environment on Adolescents' Drinking Behaviors and Beliefs
    Paschall MJ, Lipperman-Kreda S, Grube JW. Addiction. 109(3), 407-416.
    Date: 2014
  12. Can Policy Overcome Tradition? Assessing Russia's Ongoing Anti‐Alcohol Campaign
    Schrad ML. World Medical & Health Policy. 6(3), 292-307.
    Date: 2014
  13. A Review of Alcohol and Other Drug Control Policy Research
    Treno, AJ, Marzell, M, Gruenewald, PJ and Holder, H. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Supplement. s17, 98-107.
    Date: 2014
  14. Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity: Research and Public Policy (2nd Ed.)
    Babor TF, Caetano R, Casswell S, Edwards G, Giesbrecht N, Graham K, Grube J, Hill L, Holder H, Homel R, Livingston M, Österberg E, Rehm J, Room R, Rossow I. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. .
    Date: 2010 (archived)
  15. Categorizing US State Drinking Practices and Consumption Trends
    Kerr WC. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 7(1), 269-283.
    Date: 2010 (archived)
  16. Will Increasing Alcohol Availability by Lowering the Minimum Legal Drinking Age Decrease Drinking and Related Consequences Among Youths?
    Wechsler H, Nelson TF. American Journal of Public Health. 100(6), 986-992.
    Date: 2010 (archived)
  17. Public Alcohol Policy: Current Directions and New Opportunities
    Rehm J, Greenfield TK. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 83(4), 640-643.
    Date: 2008 (archived)
  18. Alcohol Control Policies and Youth Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from 28 Years of Monitoring the Future
    Carpenter CSK, Deborah D, O’Malley P, and Johnston L. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 7(1), 1-21.
    Date: 2007 (archived)
  19. The State Sets the Rate: The Relationship Among State-Specific College Binge Drinking, State Binge Drinking Rates, and Selected State Alcohol Control Policies
    Nelson TF, Naimi TS, Brewer RD, Wechsler H. The American Journal of Public Health. 95(3), 441-446.
    Date: 2005 (archived)
  20. National and State Estimates of the Mean Ethanol Content of Beer Sold in the United States and their Impact on Per Capita Consumption Estimates: 1988 to 2001
    Kerr WC, Brown S, Greenfield TK. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 28(10), 1524-1532.
    Date: 2004 (archived)
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