Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Department of Studies on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2023 Sep 3;49(5):664-674. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2023.2238322. Epub 2023 Aug 21.
A set of evidence-based alcohol control policy measures was adopted in the period 2016-2020 in Lithuania. The present study fills a knowledge gap on how changes in alcohol control policy are associated with attitudes toward different alcohol policy measures. This study aims to explore whether support for key alcohol control policy measures in Lithuania declined following implementation of alcohol control measures. Data came from the Standard European Alcohol Survey. Two representative surveys with the same questionnaire, were conducted in Lithuania in 2015 ( = 1513, 51.7% female, response rate was 38.9%) and 2020 ( = 1015, 50.6% female, response rate was 38.0%). Multi-stage stratified probability sampling was applied. Surveys were carried out using computer-assisted face-to-face interviews, descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regression analyses was applied. We used a binomial logistic regression analysis and the test. There was a significant decline in a proportion of respondents who agreed that the number of alcohol selling places should be kept low (OR: 0.84, = .032), alcohol prices should be kept high (OR: 0.83, = .027), and the police should be allowed to randomly check whether the driver is sober (OR: 0.65, < .001). The proportion of respondents who agree that individuals are responsible enough with their drinking significantly declined (OR: 0.76, = .003). Support for restrictions on alcohol-selling points, increase in alcohol price, and random alcohol testing of drivers declined following the adoption of new alcohol control policy measures. Our findings might be beneficial for policy-makers planning alcohol control policies and information campaigns.
2016-2020 年期间，立陶宛采取了一套基于证据的酒精控制政策措施。本研究填补了一个知识空白，即酒精控制政策的变化如何与对不同酒精政策措施的态度相关联。本研究旨在探讨立陶宛实施酒精控制措施后，对关键酒精控制政策措施的支持是否下降。数据来自标准欧洲酒精调查。2015 年（ = 1513，51.7%女性，应答率为 38.9%）和 2020 年（ = 1015，50.6%女性，应答率为 38.0%）在立陶宛进行了两次具有相同问卷的代表性调查。采用多阶段分层概率抽样。使用计算机辅助面对面访谈进行调查，应用描述性统计和多项逻辑回归分析。我们使用二项逻辑回归分析和检验。同意应保持低酒精销售点数量的受访者比例（OR：0.84， = .032）、保持高酒精价格的受访者比例（OR：0.83， = .027）和警察应允许随机检查驾驶员是否清醒的受访者比例（OR：0.65， < .001）显著下降。同意个人对饮酒有足够责任的受访者比例显著下降（OR：0.76， = .003）。新的酒精控制政策措施出台后，对限制酒类销售点、提高酒精价格和随机酒精测试司机的支持下降。我们的研究结果可能对规划酒精控制政策和信息运动的政策制定者有益。
