Alcohol

Alcohol Access: State-identification Check Failure Rates in the Age of E-commerce

An Open Access article published in the Health Behavior and Policy Review Journal.

Authors:

Kyle D. Barrington, PhD, MA
Nicole L. Holt, BA
Atalie Nitibhon, MPAff, MAHS

Objective:

In this study, we aimed to assess the impact of pandemic-related changes on retail alcohol sales as they relate to verifying state-issued identification.

Methods:

Trained staff and volunteers completed an online survey entitled the Community Alcohol-to-go Research Tool each time they ordered an alcoholic beverage via a website or phone application, commonly referred to as an e-commerce order. These surveys were collected and analyzed to ascertain how often a state-issued identification was verified after an alcoholic beverage was ordered using an e-commerce option. In addition, we conducted focus groups.

Results:

After three years of research, we determined that the identification failure rate for overall e-commerce alcohol-to-go sales was approximately 64.8%. The identification failure rate ranged from 26.7% for third-party delivery drivers to 90.0% for customers who walked into a restaurant or grocery store to pick up their e-commerce orders.

Conclusions:

State alcoholic beverage control agencies must redesign their compliance measures to ensure that only those legally eligible to purchase an alcoholic beverage receive those orders, especially when placed via an e-commerce platform.

Source: Health Behavior and Policy Review, Volume 12, Number 1, February 2025, pp. 1837-1850(14)
Publisher: Paris Scholar Publishing Ltd.
Article Link: https://doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.12.1.4

2025-05-01T17:31:37-06:00April 9th, 2025|Alcohol|

Zoom (Virtual) Happy Hours and Drinking During COVID-19 in the US An Exploratory Qualitative Study

An Open Access article published in the Health Behavior and Policy Review Journal.
The full article is available as a PDF download.

Authors:

Sheila Pakdaman, MS Twitter
John D. Clapp, PhD, MSW

Objective:

In this study, we investigated video conferencing platforms (eg, Zoom) used as a means to gather virtually as a unique drinking environment during the pandemic.

Methods:

Using online recruitment strategies, we conducted 42 qualitative Zoom® interviews. Interviewees were 21-64 years of age from various locations in the United States.

Results:

During the pandemic, most individuals reported higher drinking intake to offset boredom and stress. As a drinking environment, video conferencing calls were perceived as poor substitutes for in-person drinking interactions.

Conclusions:

Our data suggest drinking behaviors and contexts changed during the pandemic restrictions, but virtual happy hours did not drive this change.

Source: Health Behavior and Policy Review, Volume 8, Number 1, January 2021, pp. 3-12(10)
Publisher: Paris Scholar Publishing Ltd.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.8.1.1

2021-04-29T22:05:37-06:00February 22nd, 2021|Alcohol, COVID19|
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