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Given beer, wine and spirits have different ethanol content, sales volume and drinker type preferences (e.g., heavy, moderate, underage), and thereby have differential health effects, governments often apply distinct regulations to each beverage type to help control their use. Such control measures include differences in where and when beverage types can be sold, advertising restrictions, tax rates and labeling requirements. While historically the U.S. has adopted more stringent regulations for spirits, and research supports the more stringent treatment of spirits, harms related to beverage type, particularly those higher alcohol content products, such as spirits, remains an understudied area.  

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  1. Adolescents and Young Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department Intoxicated from a Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverage: A Case Series
    Cleary K, Levine DA, Hoffman RS. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 3-Jan.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  2. Using Taxes to Curb Drinking: A Report Card on the Australian Government’s Alcopops Tax
    Doran CM, Digiusto E. Drug and Alcohol Review. 30(6), 677-680.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  3. Changes in Self-Reported Drinking Behaviors Among United States Teenagers Associated with the Introduction of Flavored Malt Beverages: An Interrupted Time Series Quasi-Experiment
    Dumsha JZ, DiTomasso RA, Gomez FC, Melucci NJ, Stouch BC. Addiction Research and Theory. 19(3), 199-212.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  4. Per Capita Alcohol Consumption and Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality in a Panel of United States from 1950 to 2002
    Kerr WC, Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Subbaraman MS, Ye Y. Addiction. 106(2), 313-322.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  5. Per Capita Alcohol Consumption and Suicide Mortality in a Panel of United States from 1950 to 2002
    Kerr WC, Subbaraman MS, Ye Y. Drug and Alcohol Review. 30(5), 473-480.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  6. Beverage-Specific Mortality Relationships in United States Population Data
    Kerr WC, Ye Y. Contemporary Drug Problems. 38, 561-578.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  7. A Bottle of Beer, a Glass of Wine or a Shot of Whiskey? Can the Rate of Alcohol- Induced Harm Be Affected by Altering the Population’s Beverage Choice?
    Mäkelä P, Hellman M, Kerr WC, Room R. Contemporary Drug Problems. 38(4), 599-619.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  8. Differences in Trouble Per Litre of Different Alcoholic Beverages – a Global Comparison with the GENACIS Dataset
    Room R, Ferris J, Bond J, Greenfield TK, Graham K. Contemporary Drug Problems. 38(4), 493-516.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  9. “Vodka Energy”: Too Much for the Adolescent Nephron?
    Schoffl I, Kothmann JF, Schoffl V, Rupprecht HD, Rupprecht T. Pediatrics. 5-Jan.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  10. Alcoholic Beverage Preferences and Associated Drinking Patterns and Risk Behaviors Among High School Youth
    Siegel MB, Naimi TS, Cremeens JL, Nelson DE. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 40(4), 419-426.
    Date: 2011 (archived)
  11. Problematic Use of Energy Drinks by Adolescents
    Kaminer Y. Child Adolescent Psychiatric Clin N Am. 19, 643-650.
    Date: 2010 (archived)
  12. Effects of a Beverage-Specific Alcohol Consumption on Drinking Behaviors Among Urban Youth
    Maldonado-Molina MM, Reingle JM, Tobler AL, Komro KA. Journal of Drug Education. 40(3), 265-280.
    Date: 2010 (archived)
  13. Differential Alcohol Expectancies Based on Type of Alcoholic Beverage Consumed
    Pedersen ER, Neighbors C, Larimer ME. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 71(6), 925-929.
    Date: 2010 (archived)
  14. What Do the Bingers Drink?
    Srivastava PPD, Zhao X. Economic Papers. 29(2), 229-250.
    Date: 2010 (archived)
  15. Event-Level Analyses of Energy Drink Consumption and Alcohol Intoxication in Bar Patrons
    Thombs DL, O’Mara RJ, Tsukamoto M, Rossheim ME, Weiler RM, Merves ML, Goldberger BA. Addictive Behaviors. 35, 325-330.
    Date: 2010 (archived)
  16. Low-Alcohol Beers: Contribution to Blood-Ethanol Concentration and Its Elevation Above the UK Legal Limit After ‘Topping-Up'
    Badawy AA, Morgan CJ, Thomas R. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 44(4), 403-408.
    Date: 2009 (archived)
  17. The Role of Alcoholic Beverage Preference in the Severity of Alcohol Dependence and Adherence to the Treatment
    Baltieri DA, Daro FR, Ribeiro PL, De Andrade AG. Alcohol. 43(3), 185-195.
    Date: 2009 (archived)
  18. Reported Beverage Consumed and Alcohol-Related Diseases Among Male Hospital Inpatients with Problem Drinking
    Coder B, Freyer-Adam J, Lau K, Riedel J, Rumpf HJ, Meyer C, . Alcohol and Alcoholism. 44(2), 216-221.
    Date: 2009 (archived)
  19. The Effects of Energy Drinks Alone and with Alcohol on Neuropsychological Functioning
    Curry K, Stasio MJ. Human Psychopharmacology. 24(6), 473-481.
    Date: 2009 (archived)
  20. Differences in the Measured Alcohol Content of Drinks Between Black, White and Hispanic Men and Women in a United States National Sample
    Kerr WC, Patterson D, Greenfield TK. Addiction. 104(9), 1503-1511.
    Date: 2009 (archived)
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