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Underage Alcohol Consumption In The United States: Associations With Access Laws, Alcohol Excise Taxes And Enforcement Practices, Matthew J. Cook

UCHC Graduate School Masters Theses 2003 - 2010

This thesis, in fulfillment of the Masters requirements in Public Health, examines underage alcohol consumption in the United States and its association with retail and social access laws, alcohol excise taxes, and enforcement. The study objectives are to assess the availability and quality of consumption and policy data at the state level, describe the number and type of alcohol access policies enacted in the states since 1998, determine whether the number of exemptions placed on alcohol access policies are related to state underage drinking patterns across states, determine if two social access polices ⎯ keg registration and social host criminal …