Changes in self-reported drinking behaviors among US teenagers associated with the introduction of flavored malt beverages: An interrupted time series quasi-experiment

Does Industry-Driven Alcohol Marketing Influence Adolescent Drinking Behaviour? A Systematic Review

“…(2008) identified that small increases in the odds of alcohol use at follow-up were associated with better brand recall at baseline among US 10–15-year olds (brand recall: OR = 1.13, CI = 0.94–1.33). However, as with drinking initiation, Dumsha (2008) reported null results and found the introduction of alcopops had no immediate or long-term effect on drinking continuation among US adolescents aged 14–17; study results did not differ when stratified by age, gender or ethnicity.…”

“…As with both drinking initiation and continuation, Dumsha (2008) reported null results and found the introduction of alcopops had no immediate or long-term effect on episodic heavy drinking among US adolescents aged 14–17; study results did not differ when stratified by age, gender or ethnicity. However, reporting similar results to that which they found for drinking continuation and frequency, Lin et al .…”

“…Dumsha (2008) reported null results and found the introduction of alcopops to have no immediate or long-term effect on age at first drink among US adolescents aged 14–17; study results did not differ when stratified by age, gender or ethnicity.…”

“…Participants ranged between 9 and 17 years old at baseline; sample sizes ranged from 172 to 371,194 participants. In total, 57% ( n  = 20) of the studies originated in the USA (Workman, 2003; Stacy et al ., 2004; Zogg, 2004; Ellickson et al ., 2005; McClure et al ., 2006; Saffer and Dave, 2006; Collins et al ., 2007; Fisher et al ., 2007; Paschall et al ., 2007; Dumsha, 2008; Grenard, 2008; Henriksen et al ., 2008; Truong, 2008; McClure et al ., 2009; Pasch et al ., 2009; Tobler, 2009; Tobler et al ., 2009; Truong and Sturm, 2009; Chen et al ., 2010; Dumsha, 2011; Reboussin et al ., 2011; Shamblen et al ., 2011; Stanley et al ., 2011; Tobler et al ., 2011; Stoolmiller et al ., 2012; Grenard et al ., 2013; Lo et al ., 2013a, b; McClure et al ., 2013; Rowland et al ., 2014), 6% ( n  = 2) from the UK (Gordon et al ., 2010a, b; Gordon, 2011; Young et al ., 2013), 9% ( n  = 3) from Australia (Jones and Magee, 2011; Rowland et al ., 2014; Azar et al ., 2016), 6% ( n  = 2) from New Zealand (Huckle et al ., 2008; Lin et al ., 2012) and one study from Denmark (Bendtsen et al ., 2013), Brazil (Faria et al ., 2011), Switzerland (Kuntsche et al ., 2008), Zambia (Swahn et al ., 2011), the Philippines (Swahn et al ., 2013) and the Netherlands (van Hoof et al ., 2008). Two further studies (6%) spanned several European countries, with data collected in Germany, Italy, Scotland, the Netherlands and Poland (de Bruijn et al ., 2012; Anderson et al ., 2012; Morgenstern et al ., 2014; de Bruijn et al ., 2016a, b).…”

“…Most papers presented cross-sectional data, with a predominance of self-reported rather than objective exposure and outcome measures, precluding the possibility of causal attribution. One study reported findings from a quasi-experiment (Dumsha, 2008) whilst a third of studies ( n  = 12) were longitudinal in design, seven of which (58%) were categorized as methodologically ‘strong’, and better able to examine the impact of alcohol marketing from early to later adolescence and beyond (Stacy et al ., 2004; McClure et al ., 2006; Fisher et al ., 2007; Tobler, 2009; Shamblen et al ., 2011; de Bruijn et al ., 2012; Morgenstern et al ., 2014). Additional criteria drew these seven longitudinal and methodologically strong studies together.…”