Compliance of off-premise alcohol retailers with the minimum purchase age law.
Compliance of off-premise alcohol retailers with the minimum purchase age law.
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DOI：
10.4103/2224-3151.207043
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发表时间：
2012-10-01
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通讯作者：
Chaiyasong, Surasak
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作者：
Puangsuwan, Areekul;Phakdeesettakun, Kannapon;Chaiyasong, Surasak
背景技术背景：在泰国，2008年的《酒精饮料控制法》将最低购买年龄定为20岁，以限制新饮酒者，作为整体酒精控制工作的一部分。本研究的目的是评估遵守的非前提酒精零售商与MPA的限制，并确定影响销售给adolescent.METHODS的因素：诱饵协议被用来量化遵守417酒精零售商从三个类别，即杂货店，现代化的小超市和百货公司。采用多阶段抽样在四个省获得样本：曼谷，Nakorn Sawan，Songkhla和Surin。每个酒精零售商访问了两次17-19岁的男性和女性青少年谁试图购买酒精。从焦点小组和深入访谈供应商和管理人员收集的信息进行了分析的定性methodology.Results：所有834购买尝试进行的未成年青少年，98.7%是成功的购买酒精。只有0.9%的人被问到年龄，0.1%的人被要求出示身份证。年龄和身份证验证有统计学意义的购买成功，以及省，而供应商的数量，性别和年龄的供应商和买家，类型的出口，法律警告和广告标志在outlook.CONCLUSIONS：结果表明，供应商不遵守法律，尽管事实上，他们知道的法律。需要加强执法，有效限制新饮酒者。
BACKGROUND: In Thailand, the 2008 Alcoholic Beverages Control Act set the minimum purchase age (MPA) at 20 years old in order to limit new drinkers as part of the overall alcohol control effort. This study aims to assess the compliance of off-premise alcohol retailers with MPA restrictions and to identify factors affecting sales to adolescents.METHODS: A decoy protocol was used to quantify compliance of 417 alcohol retailers from three categories, namely grocers, modern minimarts and department stores. Multi-stage sampling was applied to obtain the samples in four provinces: Bangkok, Nakorn Sawan, Songkhla and Surin. Each alcohol retailer was visited twice by 17-19 year-old male and female adolescents who tried to buy alcohol. Information collected from focus groups and in-depth interviews with vendors and management officers were analysed for the qualitative methodology.RESULTS: Of all 834 buying attempts undertaken by the underage adolescent, 98.7% were successful in buying alcohol. Only 0.9% were asked for age and 0.1% were requested to show an ID card. Age and ID verifications were statistically significant to buying success as well as province, while number of vendors, gender and age of vendors and buyers, type of outlet, law cautions and advertisement signs in the outlet demonstrated no significant association.CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that vendors fail to comply with the law despite the fact that they know the law. Enforcement needs to be strengthened to effectively limit new drinkers.