Is flat rate pricing for unlimited alcohol consumption associated with problematic alcohol consumption patterns? A cross-sectional study with the Japan COVID-19 and Society Internet Survey
Mami Wakabayashi, Aya Kinjo, Yoshifumi Sugiyama, Midori Takada, Hiroyasu Iso, Takahiro Tabuchi · 2024
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Mami Wakabayashi and five colleagues asked whether Japan's flat-rate all-you-can-drink deals track with problem drinking. Many restaurants and bars sell unlimited alcohol for a fixed price over a set time. The cross-sectional study used a national internet survey from February twenty twenty-two. Nearly twenty thousand current drinkers were scored with the standard AUDIT questionnaire. Categories ranged from non-problem drinking to probable alcohol use disorder.
About fifty-five percent of drinkers were men, and the average age was about forty-eight. Using flat-rate deals in the previous year served as the exposure measure. Binge drinking was flagged from a single AUDIT item. Linking a pricing practice to validated harm scores matters for policy: if unlimited deals concentrate harm, regulating them becomes a public health lever.
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| CREATOR | Mami Wakabayashi, Aya Kinjo, Yoshifumi Sugiyama, Midori Takada, Hiroyasu Iso, Takahiro Tabuchi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |