Alcohol Advertising in Magazines and Underage Readership: Are Underage Youth Disproportionately Exposed?
| Autor: | Michael Siegel, David H. Jernigan, Charles Glen King, Craig S. Ross |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Demographics 030508 substance abuse Medicine (miscellaneous) Underage Drinking Toxicology Article Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Advertising medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Alcoholic Beverages Public health Age Factors Audience measurement Psychiatry and Mental health Alcohol advertising Female Public Health Periodicals as Topic 0305 other medical science Psychology Underage drinking |
| Zdroj: | Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 41:1775-1782 |
| ISSN: | 0145-6008 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/acer.13477 |
| Popis: | Background The question of whether underage youth are disproportionately exposed to alcohol advertising lies at the heart of the public health debate about whether restrictions on alcohol advertising are warranted. The aim of this study was to determine whether alcohol brands popular among underage (ages 12 to 20 years) drinkers (“underage brands”) are more likely than others (“other brands”) to advertise in magazines with high underage readerships. Methods We analyze the advertising of 680 alcohol brands in 49 magazines between 2006 and 2011. Using a random effects probit model, we examine the relationship between a magazine's underage readership and the probability of an underage or other brand advertising in a magazine, controlling for young adult (ages 21 to 29 years) and total readerships, advertising costs and expenditures, and readership demographics. Results We find that underage brands are more likely than other brands to advertise in magazines with a higher percentage of underage readers. Holding all other variables constant at their sample means, the probability of an “other” brand advertising in a magazine remains essentially constant over the range of underage readership from 0.010 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.007 to 0.013) at 5% to 0.012 (95% CI, 0.008 to 0.016) at 35%. In contrast, the probability of an underage brand advertising nearly quadruples, ranging from 0.025 (95% CI, 0.015 to 0.035) to 0.096 (95% CI, 0.057 to 0.135), where underage brands are 7.90 (95% CI, 3.89 to 11.90) times more likely than other brands to advertise. Conclusions Alcohol brands popular among underage drinkers are more likely than other brands to advertise in magazines with high underage readerships, resulting in the disproportionate exposure of underage youth. Current voluntary advertising industry guidelines are not adequate to protect underage youth from high and disproportionate exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines. To limit advertising exposure among underage youth, policy makers may want to consider regulation of alcohol advertising in magazines. |
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