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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. How Full Is Your Glass? Portion Sizes of Wine, Fortified Wine and Straight Spirits at Home in the Netherlands
    de Beukelaar, MF, Janse, ML, Sierksma, A, Feskens, EJ and de Vries, JH. Public health nutrition. 22(10), 1727-1734.
    Date: 2019
  2. Consumption Outcomes in Clinical Trials of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment: Consideration of Standard Drink Misestimation
    Kirouac, M, Kruger, E, Wilson, AD, Hallgren, KA and Witkiewitz, K. The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse. 45(5), 451-459.
    Date: 2019
  3. New Estimates of the Mean Ethanol Content of Beer, Wine, and Spirits Sold in the United States Show a Greater Increase in Per Capita Alcohol Consumption Than Previous Estimates
    Martinez, P, Kerr, WC, Subbaraman, MS and Roberts, SC. Alcoholism: clinical and experimental research. 43(3), 509-521.
    Date: 2019
  4. Self-Reported Knowledge, Correct Knowledge and Use of Uk Drinking Guidelines among a Representative Sample of the English Population
    Buykx, P, Li, J, Gavens, L, Hooper, L, Gomes de Matos, E and Holmes, J. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 53(4), 453-460.
    Date: 2018
  5. Testing the Efficacy of Alcohol Labels with Standard Drink Information and National Drinking Guidelines on Consumers’ Ability to Estimate Alcohol Consumption
    Hobin, E, Vallance, K, Zuo, F, Stockwell, T, Rosella, L, Simniceanu, A, White, C and Hammond, D. Alcohol and Alcoholism. 53(1), 3-11.
    Date: 2018
  6. Perceptions of Alcohol-Impaired Driving and the Blood Alcohol Concentration Standard in the United States
    Eby, DW, Molnar, LJ, Kostyniuk, LP, Louis, RMS, Zanier, N, Lepkowski, JM and Bergen, G. Journal of safety research. 63, 73-81.
    Date: 2017
  7. Pour Convergence: College Students’ Definitions and Free-Poured Volumes of Standard Alcohol Servings
    Kohn, CS, Schultz, NR, Bettencourt, K and Dunn Carlton, H. Journal of drug education. 47(1-2), 36-50.
    Date: 2017
  8. Social Disparities in Hazardous Alcohol Use: Self-Report Bias May Lead to Incorrect Estimates
    Devaux, M and Sassi, F. The European Journal of Public Health. 26(1), 129-134.
    Date: 2016
  9. Governmental Standard Drink Definitions and Low‐Risk Alcohol Consumption Guidelines in 37 Countries
    Kalinowski, A and Humphreys, K. Addiction. 111(7), 1293-1298.
    Date: 2016
  10. Personalized Feedback Based on a Drink‐Pouring Exercise May Improve Knowledge of, and Adherence to, Government Guidelines for Alcohol Consumption
    de Visser, RO. Alcoholism: clinical and experimental research. 39(2), 317-323.
    Date: 2015
  11. Underreporting in Alcohol Surveys: Whose Drinking Is Underestimated?
    Livingston, M and Callinan, S. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. 76(1), 158-164.
    Date: 2015
  12. Standard Drink Measures Throughout Europe; Peoples’ Understanding of Standard Drinks
    Morgan, D and Long, J. RARHA: Joint Actional on Reducing Alcohol Related Harm. .
    Date: 2015
  13. Perceptual Qualities of Ethanol Depend on Concentration, and Variation in These Percepts Associates with Drinking Frequency
    Nolden, AA and Hayes, JE. Chemosensory perception. 8(3), 149-157.
    Date: 2015
  14. Adjustments for Drink Size and Ethanol Content: New Results from a Self‐Report Diary and Transdermal Sensor Validation Study
    Bond, JC, Greenfield, TK, Patterson, D and Kerr, WC. Alcoholism: clinical and experimental research. 38(12), 3060-3067.
    Date: 2014
  15. Exploring Risky Drinking and Knowledge of Safe Drinking Guidelines in Older Adults
    Gilson, K-M, Bryant, C and Judd, F. Substance use & misuse. 49(11), 1473-1479.
    Date: 2014
  16. Who under‐Reports Their Alcohol Consumption in Telephone Surveys and by How Much? An Application of the ‘Yesterday Method’in a National C Anadian Substance Use Survey
    Stockwell, T, Zhao, J and Macdonald, S. Addiction. 109(10), 1657-1666.
    Date: 2014
  17. Understanding Standard Drinks and Drinking Guidelines
    Kerr WC, Stockwell T. Drug and Alcohol Review. 31(2), 200-205.
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  18. Calories Consumed from Alcoholic Beverages by United States Adults, 2007-2010. NCH Data Brief, No. 110 (pp. 1-7)
    Nielsen SJ, Kit BK, Fakhouri T, Ogden CL. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. .
    Date: 2012 (archived)
  19. 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)
  20. Large Drinks Are No Mistake: Glass Size, Not Shape, Affects Alcoholic Beverage Drink Pours
    Kerr WC, Patterson D, Koenen MA, Greenfield TK. Drug and Alcohol Review. 28(4), 360-365.
    Date: 2009 (archived)
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