State alcohol policies, taxes, and availability as predictors of adolescent binge drinking trajectories into early adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

A number of alcohol policies in the United States have been presumed to reduce underage youth drinking. This study characterized underage youth binge-drinking trajectories into early adulthood and tested associations with the strength of the alcohol policy environment, beer excise taxes and number of liquor stores.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

United States.

Participants

A national cohort of 10th graders in 2010 (n = 2753), assessed annually from 2010 to 2015.

Measurements

Participants reported on their 30-day binge drinking [defined as consuming five or more+ (for boys) or four or more (for girls) drinks within 2 hours]. We scored the strength of 19 state-level policies at baseline and summarized them into an overall sco

SUBMITTER: Fairman BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6548657 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature