TY - JOUR
T1 - Propensity for and correlates of alcohol sales to underage youth
AU - Britt, Heather
AU - Toomey, Traci L
AU - Dunsmuir, William
AU - Wagenaar, Alexander C.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The current study assessed the propensity for alcohol sales to youth in the late 1990s, following increased efforts to reduce youth access to alcohol. Male and female pseudo-underage buyers (i.e., age ≥ 21 but judged to appear < 21) attempted to purchase alcohol without age identification at 741 alcohol establishments. One to five purchase attempts were made at each establishment, with 1,065 and 658 attempts at on-premise and off-premise establishments, respectively. The overall sales rate was 26%. Among establishments where more than one purchase attempt was made, 74% sold alcohol to pseudo-underage buyers at least once. The results of this study are encouraging, however, further work is needed to decrease the propensity of illegal alcohol sales to youth.
AB - The current study assessed the propensity for alcohol sales to youth in the late 1990s, following increased efforts to reduce youth access to alcohol. Male and female pseudo-underage buyers (i.e., age ≥ 21 but judged to appear < 21) attempted to purchase alcohol without age identification at 741 alcohol establishments. One to five purchase attempts were made at each establishment, with 1,065 and 658 attempts at on-premise and off-premise establishments, respectively. The overall sales rate was 26%. Among establishments where more than one purchase attempt was made, 74% sold alcohol to pseudo-underage buyers at least once. The results of this study are encouraging, however, further work is needed to decrease the propensity of illegal alcohol sales to youth.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33845291485
SN - 0090-1482
VL - 50
SP - 25
EP - 42
JO - Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education
JF - Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education
IS - 2
ER -