Preusser D F, Williams A F
J Public Health Policy. 1992 Autumn;13(3):306-17.
A study was conducted in which young males, under the legal alcohol purchase age of 21, attempted to purchase beer at grocery stores and other retail outlets. Underage purchases were attempted at a sample of stores in Washington, D.C.; Westchester County, New York: and Albany and Schenectady counties, New York. Beer was sold to the underage purchasers at 97 percent of the Washington, D.C. stores, 80 percent of the Westchester County stores, and 44 percent of the Albany and Schenectady stores, despite the fact that such sales are illegal. Beer was more likely to be sold to the underage purchasers at smaller neighborhood stores in urban areas. Sales were least likely in Albany, which experienced recent police enforcement of the alcohol purchase age laws. Vigorous enforcement of the minimum purchase age laws is needed to reverse the current national trend toward more alcohol-related highway fatalities among youth.
一项研究开展了，其中21岁法定饮酒年龄以下的年轻男性试图在杂货店和其他零售店购买啤酒。在华盛顿特区、纽约州韦斯特切斯特县以及纽约州奥尔巴尼县和斯克内克塔迪县的一些商店样本中尝试进行了未成年人购买行为。尽管此类销售是非法的，但在华盛顿特区97%的商店、韦斯特切斯特县80%的商店以及奥尔巴尼和斯克内克塔迪44%的商店中，啤酒被卖给了未成年购买者。在城市地区较小的社区商店里，啤酒更有可能被卖给未成年购买者。在奥尔巴尼销售的可能性最小，因为该市最近警方加强了对饮酒年龄法律的执法力度。需要大力执行最低购买年龄法律，以扭转目前全国青年中与酒精相关的公路死亡人数增加的趋势。
