Public drinking, problems and prevention measures in twelve countries
Results of the WHO project on public drinking
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11056835 |
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| Authors | Eric Single ((Canada), corresponding author), Michael H Beaubrun (University of Trinidad and Tobago), Michael Beaubrun ((Trinidad and Tobago).), Marie Mauffret ((France)), Alberto Minoletti ((Chile)), Jacek Moskalewicz (0000-0001-9658-8272, (Poland)), Albert Moukolo ((Congo)), Nii-K Plange (0000-0003-0865-2815, Phi Gamma Delta), Shekhar Saxena (0000-0001-9385-0212, (India)), Tim Stockwell (0000-0002-5696-6803, (Australia)), Pekka Sulkunen (0000-0003-3260-9147, (Finland)), Hiroshi Suwaki ((Japan)), Katsuhiko Hoshigoe ((Japan)), Shoshana Weiss ((Israel)) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 425-448 |
| Publication date | 1997-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Drug Problems (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-4509 • E-ISSN: 2163-1808 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/009145099702400302 |
| OpenAlex | W323539777 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Until recently, drinking in public venues has been a relatively neglected area of alcohol research despite the epidemiological significance of problems arising from drinking in licensed establishments and other public venues. In the WHO Project on Public Drinking, expert informants in 12 countries provided detailed information on alcohol consumption, drinking in public settings, the nature and magnitude of problems associated with public drinking, the regulation of public drinking, enforcement and prevention. The most commonly indicated problems associated with drinking in public venues were underage drinking, impaired driving, and alcohol-related violence. Many of the informants in the survey expressed concern that the enforcement of alcohol licensing laws receives very low priority on the political agenda. In general, few countries have developed prevention programs aimed specifically at preventing problems arising from drinking in public venues. Nonetheless the informants identified a wide variety of measures that can be taken to reduce these problems in public drinking environments. These include general alcohol preventive education, alcohol control measures (including restrictions on hours and days of operation), improved enforcement of licensing laws, impaired driving countermeasures, server training and the use of civil law to promote responsible beverage service, and the promotion of low-alcohol-content beverages
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| Highly cited | No |
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