TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - The relationship between alcohol price and brand choice among underage drinkers: are the most popular alcoholic brands consumed by youth the cheapest?
JO  - Substance use and misuse
A1  - Albers, Alison B.
A1  - Dejong, William
A1  - Naimi, Timothy S.
A1  - Siegel, Michael
A1  - Jernigan, David H.
SP  - 1833
EP  - 1843
VL  - 49
IS  - 13
N2  - We examined the influence of price on alcohol brand choice among underage youth. Using a national sample of 1,032 youth, ages 13-20, recruited from a national Internet panel in 2011-2012, we compared differences in mean prices between popular and unpopular brands, examined the association of price and brand popularity using logistic regression, and rank ordered the average price of top brands. Lower brand-specific prices were significantly associated with higher levels of past 30-day consumption prevalence. However, youth did not preferentially consume the cheapest brands. These findings indicate that youth have preferences for certain brands, even if those brands cost more than competing brands. Our study highlights the need for research on the impact of brand-specific alcohol marketing on underage drinking.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1082-6084
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2014.935790
ID  - ref1
ER  -