Evaluation of the evidence base for the alcohol industry's actions to reduce drink driving globally

M.B. Esser, J. Bao, D.H. Jernigan and A.A. Hyder

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 4, 707-713

Abstract: Objectives.To evaluate the evidence base for the content of initiatives that the alcohol industry implemented to reduce drink driving from 1982 to May 2015. Methods. We systematically analyzed the content of 266 global initiatives that the alcohol industry has categorized as actions to reduce drink driving. Results. Social aspects public relations organizations (i.e., organizations funded by the alcohol industry to handle issues that may be damaging to the business) sponsored the greatest proportion of the actions. Only 0.8% (n = 2) of the sampled industry actions were consistent with public health evidence of effectiveness for reducing drink driving. Conclusions. The vast majority of the alcohol industry's actions to reduce drink driving does not reflect public health evidenced-based recommendations, even though effective drink-driving countermeasures exist, such as a maximum blood alcohol concentration limit of 0.05 grams per deciliter for drivers and widespread use of sobriety checkpoints.

Keywords: alcohol, adverse effects; advertising; alcohol intoxication; alcoholic beverage; blood; car driving; drinking behavior; ethics; evaluation study; food industry; health; human; marketing; prevention and control; procedures; public health; public relations; traffic accident, Accidents, Traffic; Advertising as Topic; Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholic Beverages; Alcoholic Intoxication; Automobile Driving; Ethanol; Food Industry; Global Health; Humans; Marketing; Public Health; Public Relations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.303026

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