Jiang Heng, Callinan Sarah, Livingston Michael, Room Robin
Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2017 Mar;36(2):210-219. doi: 10.1111/dar.12402. Epub 2016 May 24.
To delineate what type and how much alcohol is purchased from different types of off-licence premises and how this varies across demographic sub-groups, as a basis for public debate and decisions on pricing and planning policies to reduce alcohol-related harm in Australia.
The data on alcohol purchasing from off-licence premises are taken from the Australian Alcohol Consumption and Purchasing survey-a nationally representative landline and mobile telephone survey in 2013 on the experiences with alcohol consumption and purchasing of 2020 Australians aged 16+. The present analysis uses data from 1730 respondents who purchased alcohol from off-licence premises in the previous 6 months.
The majority (54%) of alcohol purchased from off-licence premises was sold from liquor barns (large warehouse-style alcohol stores), with bottle shops (31%) the second most common outlet. Cask wine was the cheapest alcohol available at off-licence premises in Australia. Respondents in higher alcohol purchasing quintiles and with those with lower income purchased a higher percentage of cheaper alcohol in their total volume of purchasing than lower purchasing quintiles and those with middle and higher income, and younger respondents purchased more expensive alcohol than older age groups.
A minimum unit price or increasing alcohol taxes may effectively reduce alcohol purchasing for lower income heavy alcohol purchasers and older age groups from off-licence premise sources, and may be less effective on younger age groups. [Jiang H, Callinan S, Livingston M, Room R. Off-premise alcohol purchasing in Australia: Variations by age group, income level and annual amount purchased. Drug Alcohol Rev 2017;36:210-219].
描述从不同类型的无执照售酒场所购买的酒类类型和数量，以及不同人口亚组之间的差异，为澳大利亚关于降低与酒精相关危害的定价和规划政策的公开辩论及决策提供依据。
从无执照售酒场所购买酒精的数据取自澳大利亚酒精消费与购买调查——2013年一项具有全国代表性的固定电话和移动电话调查，涉及2020名16岁及以上澳大利亚人的酒精消费和购买经历。本分析使用了1730名在过去6个月内从无执照售酒场所购买过酒精的受访者的数据。
从无执照售酒场所购买的酒精中，大部分（54%）是从酒类仓库（大型仓储式酒类商店）售出的，瓶装酒店（31%）是第二常见的销售渠道。桶装葡萄酒是澳大利亚无执照售酒场所中最便宜的酒。在酒精购买量处于较高五分位数的受访者以及低收入受访者中，其购买的总酒精量中便宜酒的比例高于购买量处于较低五分位数的受访者以及中等收入和高收入受访者，并且年轻受访者购买的酒比老年群体更贵。
最低单位价格或提高酒精税可能有效减少低收入重度饮酒者和老年群体从无执照售酒场所购买酒精的量，而对年轻群体可能效果较差。[Jiang H, Callinan S, Livingston M, Room R. 澳大利亚非店内酒精购买情况：按年龄组、收入水平和年购买量的差异。《药物与酒精评论》2017;36:210 - 219]
