scholarly journals Who needs liquor stores when parents will do? The importance of social sources of alcohol among young urban teens

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 471-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary O. Hearst ◽  
Jayne A. Fulkerson ◽  
Mildred M. Maldonado-Molina ◽  
Cheryl L. Perry ◽  
Kelli A. Komro
Keyword(s):  
Liquor Stores

scholarly journals ^|^ldquo;Sake Seminar^|^rdquo; for Wholesale and Liquor Stores (2)

2007 ◽  
Vol 102 (11) ◽  
pp. 829-843
Author(s):  
Naoki KAWASE ◽  
Akinori MUTOH ◽  
Yuko SAKAMOTO
Keyword(s):  
Liquor Stores

scholarly journals Impulsive Consumption and Financial Well-Being: Evidence from an Increase in the Availability of Alcohol

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itzhak Ben-David ◽  
Marieke Bos
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Liquidity Constraints ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Young Population ◽  
Higher Alcohol ◽  
Liquor Stores ◽  
Credit Demand ◽  
Commitment Devices ◽  
Low Income Households

Abstract The increased availability of alcohol may harm individuals who have present-focused preferences and consume more than initially planned. Using a nationwide experiment in Sweden, we study the credit behavior of low-income households around the expansion of liquor stores’ operating hours on Saturdays. Consistent with store closures serving as commitment devices, the policy led to higher credit demand, more default, increased dependence on welfare, and higher crime on Saturdays. The effects are concentrated on the young population due to higher alcohol consumption combined with tight liquidity constraints. The policy’s impact on indebtedness is estimated at 4.5 times the expenditure on alcohol.

Differential Effects of Restricting the Supply of Alcohol: Studies of a Strike in Finnish Liquor Stores

1980 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Mäkelä
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Observational Studies ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Home Production ◽  
Liquor Stores ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
Drunken Driving ◽  
Assault And Battery

In 1972, a strike closed down Finnish liquor stores for five weeks, and the overall consumption of alcohol decreased by roughly a third. Results from observational studies and analyses of survey data and statistical records on the effects of the strike are presented. During the strike, arrests for drunkenness decreased to about one-half, cases of assault and battery were reduced by some 20 to 25 percent and cases of drunken driving by between 10 and 15 percent. Home production of alcoholic beverages and consumption of surrogate alcohol showed some increase. The strike affected different population groups in different ways. The frequency of arrests of homeless alcoholics was reduced to a lesser degree than was that of socially less isolated drinkers. Older persons and lower strata reacted more passively than younger people and the middle class, who were more actively turning to alternative sources of alcohol.

scholarly journals The effects of favouring lower alcohol content beverages: Four examples from Finland

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esa Österberg
Keyword(s):  
Alcoholic Beverage ◽  
Price Policy ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Drinking Habits ◽  
Alcohol Control ◽  
Liquor Stores ◽  
Lower Alcohol ◽  
Identity Card

Aims This paper studies the possibility of substituting the consumption of one alcoholic beverage category for another by changing alcohol control measures. It examines four Finnish examples: the waiving in 1952 of the requirement to show a special identity card issued by the alcohol monopoly Alko for buying fortifed wines; again binding the sales of fortifed wines to Alko's identity card in 1958; a 1960s alcohol price policy favouring wines and beer over vodka; and the change in alcohol legislation in 1968, which allowed selling medium beer in grocery stores but left the off-premise sales of all stronger alcoholic beverages to Alko's liquor stores. Data Data on recorded consumption of alcoholic beverages in terms of 100 per cent alcohol per capita according to beverage categories will be used together with the numbers of arrests for drunkenness according to beverage categories as well as different data sources on changes in alcohol control measures. Results & Conclusions The four examples from Finland show that strong alcoholic beverages can be substituted for lighter drinks, but this seems to work especially when the lighter beverages can be used for the same purposes as the stronger ones. It is much more difficult to persuade consumers to substitute strong alcoholic beverages for light ones by changing relative alcohol availability or by adjusting prices, if the consumers also have to change their drinking habits by, for instance, substituting binging with vodka for drinking light wines with meals. The Finnish examples also make it clear that changing from one beverage category to another does not automatically result in changing the way to use alcoholic beverages or the drinking habits themselves.

scholarly journals Engaging youth in alcohol policy: The Lee Law Project

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-118
Author(s):  
James F. Mosher ◽  
Maia E. D’Andrea
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Alcohol Policy ◽  
State Law ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Liquor Stores ◽  
Liquor Store ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Mosher, J., & D’Andrea, M. (2015). Engaging youth in alcohol policy: The Lee Law Project. The International Journal Of Alcohol And Drug Research, 4(2), 113-118. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.v4i2.206Aims: (1) Conduct a pilot project to test the effectiveness of a youth development “toolkit” designed to reduce youth exposure tosignage on liquor store windows; (2) Highlight the disparity in violation rates of a state law limiting window signage on liquorstore windows between low income communities of color and higher income, predominantly Anglo communities.Design: Pilot project/case study. Participating young people, working with adult coaches, photographed liquor store windows inthree communities and determined level of compliance with state law limiting liquor store window signage to 33 percent of totalwindow area and requiring clear view of cash register area in the store.Setting: Three communities in Santa Cruz County, California, with diverse income and racial/ethnic compositions.Participants: 71 liquor stores.Measures: Compliance rates of participating liquor stores with state law limiting the amount and placement of window signage.Findings: Low income, predominantly Latino community had significantly lower compliance rates than two nearby higherincome, Anglo communities. Youth participants successfully engaged community organizations and policy makers in advocatingfor voluntary compliance.Conclusions: The toolkit provides a promising model for engaging youth in alcohol policy reform and reducing youth exposureto liquor store signage.

scholarly journals Human mobility data and machine learning reveal geographic differences in alcohol sales and alcohol outlet visits across U.S. states during COVID-19

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. e0255757
Author(s):  
Yingjie Hu ◽  
Brian M. Quigley ◽  
Dane Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Alcohol Outlet ◽  
Alcohol Outlets ◽  
Mobility Data ◽  
Liquor Stores ◽  
Surveillance Report ◽  
Geographic Differences ◽  
Alcohol Sales

As many U.S. states implemented stay-at-home orders beginning in March 2020, anecdotes reported a surge in alcohol sales, raising concerns about increased alcohol use and associated ills. The surveillance report from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism provides monthly U.S. alcohol sales data from a subset of states, allowing an investigation of this potential increase in alcohol use. Meanwhile, anonymized human mobility data released by companies such as SafeGraph enables an examination of the visiting behavior of people to various alcohol outlets such as bars and liquor stores. This study examines changes to alcohol sales and alcohol outlet visits during COVID-19 and their geographic differences across states. We find major increases in the sales of spirits and wine since March 2020, while the sales of beer decreased. We also find moderate increases in people’s visits to liquor stores, while their visits to bars and pubs substantially decreased. Noticing a significant correlation between alcohol sales and outlet visits, we use machine learning models to examine their relationship and find evidence in some states for likely panic buying of spirits and wine. Large geographic differences exist across states, with both major increases and decreases in alcohol sales and alcohol outlet visits.

From Prohibition to Liquor Dispensaries: Explaining the Rise and Fall of State and Municipal Liquor Stores, 1891–1907

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-411
Author(s):  
MICHAEL LEWIS
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
The South ◽  
Liquor Stores ◽  
Local Option

AbstractThis article investigates the reasons for the adoption and rejection of liquor dispensaries in the years prior to the adoption of national prohibition in the United States. Southern municipalities were the primary dispensary locations, largely due to the permissiveness of local option laws in the South. Municipalities with dispensaries were often retreating from prohibition and dispensary supporters argued that publically run liquor stores were the next best thing. Beyond the South, states that explored dispensary adoption also were those repealing prohibition laws, suggesting a larger pattern whereby prohibition preceded dispensaries rather than following them.

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