Alcoholic Beverage Preferences and Associated Drinking Patterns and Risk Behaviors Among High School Youth

Siegel, Michael; Naimi, Timothy S.; Cremeens, Jennifer; Nelson, David E.

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2010.12.011

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“…Our list of drinking-related terms used to acquire Tweets did not include all of the terms that are synonymous with drinking; hence, some drinking-related Tweets were missed. "Wine," although a popular alcohol term on Twitter (>500,000 Tweets per month), was not included in the fi nal term list because young people tend to prefer beer or distilled spirits over wine, and we presumed that wine-related Tweets could be qualitatively different from all the other alcohol-related Tweets in our study (Cremeens et al, 2009;Siegel et al, 2011).…”

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“Hey Everyone, I’m Drunk.” An Evaluation of Drinking-Related Twitter Chatter

Cavazos‐Rehg

Krauss

Sowles

et al. 2015

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: The promotion of drinking behaviors correlates with increased drinking behaviors and intent to drink, especially when peers are the promotion source. Similarly, online displays of peer drinking behaviors have been described as a potential type of peer pressure that might lead to alcohol misuse when the peers to whom individuals feel attached value such behaviors. Social media messages about drinking behaviors on Twitter (a popular social media platform among young people) are common but understudied. In response, and given that drinking alcohol is a widespread activity among young people, we examined Twitter chatter about drinking. Method: Tweets containing alcohol-or drinking-related keywords were collected from March 13 to April 11, 2014. We assessed a random sample (n = 5,000) of the most infl uential Tweets for sentiment, theme, and source. Results: Most alcohol-related Tweets refl ected a positive sentiment toward alcohol use, with pro-alcohol Tweets outnumbering anti-alcohol Tweets by a factor of more than 10. The most common themes of pro-drinking Tweets included references to frequent or heavy drinking behaviors and wanting/needing/ planning to drink alcohol. The most common sources of pro-alcohol Tweets were organic (i.e., noncommercial). Conclusions: Our fi ndings highlight the need for online prevention messages about drinking to counter the strong pro-alcohol presence on Twitter. However, to enhance the impact of anti-drinking messages on Twitter, it may be prudent for such Tweets to be sent by individuals who are widely followed on Twitter and during times when heavy drinking is more likely to occur (i.e., weekends, holidays). (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 76, 635-643, 2015)

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“Hey Everyone, I’m Drunk.” An Evaluation of Drinking-Related Twitter Chatter

Cavazos‐Rehg

Krauss

Sowles

et al. 2015

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

120

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“…Captain Morgan, Jim Beam, Malibu Rum, Stolichnaya), whereas the beer and alcopops adverts were only partially party-themed. This finding coincides with the increasing preference of young people in the United States for spirits relative to other beverage types during recent years [4]. According to the 2011 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) report, spirits are the second most popular beverage type, after beer, among young people in Europe [5].…”

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Commentary on Morgensternet al. (2017): Party-themed advertisements and initiation of alcohol consumption

Morojele

Parry

2016

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“…It can also been argued that either the expectations from spirits consumption (Smart, 1996) or the higher frequency of drunkenness among spirits drinkers (Schimd et al, 2003;Siegel et al, 2011) may expose them to a greater risk of incidents related to alcohol consumption compared to consumers of other alcoholic beverages. At the population-level, Kerr and Ye (2011) have confirmed that spirits sales were predominately associated with alcohol-related mortality in the U.S., which supports the differential treatment given to spirits in terms of taxation and availability policies compared to beer or wine in this country.…”

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Does Beverage Type and Drinking Context Matter in an Alcohol-Related Injury? Evidence from Emergency Department Patients in Latin America.

Andreuccetti

Carvalho

et al. 2015

International Journal of Epidemiology

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Background-Previous studies have already substantiated alcohol's causal role in injuries. Yet the role that alcoholic beverage preferences and the drinking context play in the risk for injury is still under-investigated. In this study a cross-national comparison of the association between alcohol and injury focusing on beverage type preference and the drinking context is reported.Methods-Emergency department injured patients were interviewed in eight countries from the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. Data on the type of alcoholic beverage, total alcohol volume, and the place where the injury occurred were obtained from patients who reported any alcohol consumption within 6 hours prior to being injured. Patients who did not drink prior to injury were also asked about their typical drinking pattern and the injury place. Differences within-and between-groups were evaluated regarding patients' typical drinking and drinking before injury.Results-Beer was the most prevalent beverage type usually consumed among injured patients across countries, however, patients who drank before injury had a higher typical consumption of spirits than those not drinking prior to injury. The total alcohol volume typically consumed and drinking in public settings were also found to be positively associated with alcohol-related injury.Conclusions-A similar beverage-specific association with alcohol-related injury was found across LAC countries, mainly attributed to beer consumption, and spirits drinkers seem to have a greater chance of becoming involved in injury events. Future prevention strategies should inform the public about harms from drinking associated with the context in which drinking takes place.

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Alcoholic Beverage Preferences and Associated Drinking Patterns and Risk Behaviors Among High School Youth

Cited by 76 publications

References 16 publications

“Hey Everyone, I’m Drunk.” An Evaluation of Drinking-Related Twitter Chatter

“Hey Everyone, I’m Drunk.” An Evaluation of Drinking-Related Twitter Chatter

Commentary on Morgensternet al. (2017): Party-themed advertisements and initiation of alcohol consumption

Does Beverage Type and Drinking Context Matter in an Alcohol-Related Injury? Evidence from Emergency Department Patients in Latin America.

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