Alcohol consumption trends in Australia: Comparing surveys and sales‐based measures

Livingston, Michael; Callinan, Sarah; Raninen, Jonas; Pennay, Amy; Dietze, Paul

doi:10.1111/dar.12588

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“…The use of the yesterday data from the NDSHS provides a more accurate picture of trends in which alcoholic beverages Australian youth were consuming between 2004 and 2016. The proportion of youth that reported consuming alcohol yesterday has decreased in this time which is consistent with other studies that have measured alcohol consumption amongst youth using longer recall periods [1,3,20]. Using an yesterday measure, we found declines in any drinking, as well as declines in the risky drinking occasions, suggesting the recent reductions in youth drinking involve both an increase in abstention and a decline in heavy drinking among drinkers.…”

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“…Our analyses estimated a decline of 53% in yesterday drinking volume between 2004 and 2016 for the whole population of 14–21‐year‐olds. This is a steeper decline than has been found in most other survey studies, although comparisons are difficult due to differing age groups and time periods . For example, previous analyses of the overall alcohol questions from this survey found a decline of 45% for 15–17‐year‐olds and 26% for 18–24‐year‐olds between 2007 and 2013 .…”

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Examining beverage‐specific trends in youth drinking in Australia before and after the implementation of the alcopops tax

Mojica‐Perez

Callinan

Livingston

2020

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Introduction and Aims Alcohol consumption among young Australians has declined markedly since the early 2000s. As yet, there has been no data on how this decline has been spread across different beverages and instead high‐level survey data with significant potential for recall and other bias has been used. Trends in beverage choice among young people following an increase in the ‘alcopops’ tax have also not received much attention. Design and Methods Data on ‘yesterday’ drinking occasions were obtained from five waves (2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016) of the National Drug Strategy Household Survey. A total of 23 536 respondents aged 14–29 years were included in this study. Descriptive and regression analyses were conducted to explore trends in alcohol consumption and changes in beverage preferences. Results Youth drinking declined by 45% across the study period, with declines of 66% in premix, 48% in spirits, 46% in beer and 33% in wine. Consumption of premix was significantly lower in 2013 and 2016 compared to 2007 amongst the overall sample, males, females, respondents aged 14–21 and 22–29 years, light and heavy drinkers. Significant reductions were also observed in the consumption of premix immediately following the tax (2010) for the younger age group, males and light drinkers. Discussion and Conclusions Youth consumption of alcohol has declined during the study period with significant variation across beverage types. We found some evidence of a separate impact for the alcopops tax, although for some groups, declines in premix consumption occurred well after the implementation of the tax.

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Examining beverage‐specific trends in youth drinking in Australia before and after the implementation of the alcopops tax

Mojica‐Perez

Callinan

Livingston

2020

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…Studies of recent trends in alcohol consumption in Australia have reported a decline in per capita consumption between 2007 and 2013 . These declines have been largely driven by increasing abstention rates and lower average consumption amongst teenagers and young adults (particularly those <30 years of age), with more stable drinking rates in adults aged over 40 years .…”

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The impact of reducing alcohol consumption in Australia: An estimate of the proportion of potentially avoidable cancers 2013–2037

Wilson

Baade

Green

et al. 2019

Intl Journal of Cancer

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first concluded that alcohol causes cancer in humans in 1988. The World Cancer Research Fund has declared that alcohol causes cancer of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, oesophagus (squamous cell carcinoma), female breast, colon, rectum, stomach and liver. It recommended that alcohol be avoided altogether to prevent cancer. We aimed to quantify the impact of reducing alcohol consumption on future cancer incidence in Australia. We used PREVENT 3.01 simulation modelling software to estimate the proportion of cancers that could potentially be prevented over a 25-year period under two hypothetical intervention scenarios and two latency periods (20 and 30 years). Under a scenario where alcohol consumption abruptly ceases, we estimated up to 4% of alcohol-related cancers could be avoided over a 25-year period (~49,500 cancers, depending on assumed latency). If the maximum consumption of all Australian adults was ≤20 g/day (~two Australian standard drinks), up to 2% of alcohol-related cancers could be avoided (~29,600 cancers). The maximum proportions were higher for men (6% for no alcohol consumption; 5% for ≤20 g/day) than women (3%; 1%). The proportion avoidable was highest for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (17% no alcohol consumption; 9% ≤20 g/day), followed by cancers of the oral cavity (12%; 5%) and pharynx (11%; 5%). The cancer sites with the highest numbers of potentially avoidable cases were colon in men (11,500; 9,900) and breast in women (14,400; 4,100). Successful interventions to reduce alcohol intake could lead to significant reductions in cancer incidence.

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“…This suggests that the negative reaction, especially to the Sydney restrictions, was widespread, and not just concentrated among heavier drinking young adults most likely to be affected by, for example, 3 am closing times. The age‐related trends likely relate to broader shifts in the role of alcohol in young people's lives—drinking by adolescents and young adults in Australia has fallen substantially in the past decade , with corresponding shifts in attitudes to alcohol and alcohol‐related harm . The broad fall in support among older and lighter drinking respondents highlights the importance of the public discourse around the restrictions—public debates appear to have been much more important in shifting attitudes than direct experience of the restrictions.…”

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The impact of high profile restrictions on support for alcohol control policies

Livingston

Callinan

Wilkinson

2019

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Introduction and Aims. Public support for restrictions on late night trading of licensed venues increased substantially between 2001 and 2013, a period with very few policy interventions in Australia. In early 2014 a set of high profile restrictions were introduced in Sydney, New South Wales. In this study, we examine whether these 2014 policy interventions affected public support for late trading restrictions. Design and Methods. We use data from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey, focussing especially on the 2013 (n = 23 521) and 2016 (n = 23 425) waves. A series of regression models with interaction terms between socio-demographic variable and year were used to examine how trends in support for late trading policies varied between different population groups. Results. Support for late trading restrictions fell substantially between 2013 and 2016-from 2.58 to 2.35 on a 0-4 point scale. In particular, support fell more in New South Wales than in other jurisdictions. Among New South Wales residents, support fell more for middle-aged and older respondents and more for drinkers than non-drinkers. Discussion and Conclusion. Support for late trading restrictions fell sharply, especially among those affected in New South Wales. Advocates for public health-oriented alcohol policy restrictions need to pay attention to public support in the aftermath of policy 'wins'. [Livingston M, Callinan S, Wilkinson C. The impact of high profile restrictions on support for alcohol control policies. Drug Alcohol Rev 2019;38:399-405]

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Alcohol consumption trends in Australia: Comparing surveys and sales‐based measures

Cited by 39 publications

References 16 publications

Examining beverage‐specific trends in youth drinking in Australia before and after the implementation of the alcopops tax

Examining beverage‐specific trends in youth drinking in Australia before and after the implementation of the alcopops tax

The impact of reducing alcohol consumption in Australia: An estimate of the proportion of potentially avoidable cancers 2013–2037

The impact of high profile restrictions on support for alcohol control policies

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