Van Hoof Joris J
Eur J Public Health. 2017 Apr 1;27(2):357-359. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw183.
Currently, two different age verification systems (AVS) are implemented to enhance compliance with legal age limits for the sale of alcohol in the Netherlands. In this study, we tested the operational procedures and effectiveness of ID readers and remote age verification technology in supermarkets during the sale of alcohol. Following a trained alcohol purchase protocol, eight mystery shoppers (both underage and in the branch's reference age) conducted 132 alcohol purchase attempts in stores that were equipped with ID readers or remote age verification or were part of a control group. In stores equipped with an ID reader, 34% of the purchases were conducted without any mistakes (full compliance). In stores with remote age verification, full compliance was achieved in 87% of the cases. The control group reached 57% compliance, which is in line with the national average. Stores with ID readers perform worse than stores with remote age verification, and also worse than stores without any AVS. For both systems, in addition to effectiveness, public support and user friendliness need to be investigated. This study shows that remote age verification technology is a promising intervention that increases vendor compliance during the sales of age restricted products.
目前，荷兰实施了两种不同的年龄验证系统（AVS），以加强对酒精销售法定年龄限制的遵守情况。在本研究中，我们测试了超市在酒精销售过程中身份证读卡器和远程年龄验证技术的操作程序及有效性。按照经过培训的酒精购买规程，八名神秘顾客（包括未成年顾客和处于该分店参考年龄的顾客）在配备了身份证读卡器或远程年龄验证设备的商店或作为对照组的商店中进行了132次酒精购买尝试。在配备身份证读卡器的商店中，34%的购买操作没有任何失误（完全合规）。在采用远程年龄验证的商店中，87%的情况实现了完全合规。对照组的合规率达到57%，与全国平均水平一致。配备身份证读卡器的商店比采用远程年龄验证的商店表现更差，也比没有任何年龄验证系统的商店差。对于这两种系统，除了有效性之外，还需要调查公众支持度和用户友好性。本研究表明，远程年龄验证技术是一种有前景的干预措施，可提高销售受年龄限制产品时商家的合规性。
