Citation

Mann RE, Stoduto G, Pavic B, Anglin L, MacDonald S, Wells S, Lauzon R, Fallon F, Giesbrecht N, Adlaf EM. Can. J. Public Health 1997; 88(2): 114-118.

Affiliation

Social Evaluation and Research Department, Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto, ON.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Canadian Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9170690

Abstract

Preliminary data are reported on the use of high-alcohol beer by underage drinkers in Ontario. Students in grades 11 and 12 with a valid driver's licence completed a questionnaire between January and May, 1994 (i.e., between three and seven months after the introduction of high-alcohol beer). About one-half of students who had drunk alcohol within the previous four weeks reported consuming high-alcohol beer within that period. In this group, males were much more likely to report high-alcohol beer consumption in the previous month. Both male and female high-alcohol beer consumers drank alcohol more frequently, got drunk more frequently, and drank five or more drinks on the same occasion more frequently than non-consumers. One reason for trying high-alcohol beer, "wanted a higher alcohol content", was endorsed by more than one-third of high-alcohol beer consumers. Our data suggest that the users of high-alcohol beer among this underage drinking sample tend to be heavier drinkers and more likely to experience alcohol-related problems.

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