Citation

Casswell S, Zhang JF. Addiction 1997; 92(6): 737-745.

Affiliation

Alcohol and Public Health Research Unit, University of Auckland, New Zealand. a.casswell@auckland.ac.nz

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9246801

Abstract

Control of young people's access to alcohol via licensed premises has been shown to be an effective alcohol harm reduction strategy in the United States. In a longitudinal study of young New Zealanders their access to alcohol at the ages of 15 and 18 years was shown to be significantly predictive of the quantities of alcohol they consumed during a drinking occasion both then and in subsequent years. In turn the quantities of alcohol consumed were predictive of the respondents' experience of intoxication related adverse consequences. The impact of access via licensed premises on drinking and related problems was greater in this cohort of young people than the impact of peer or parental influences.

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