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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Alcohol – Excessive Consumption: Maintaining Limits on Days of Sale

About this resource:

Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: February 2009

Workgroups: Substance Use Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends maintaining existing limits on the days when alcohol can be sold to prevent excessive drinking and related harms. Evidence for this recommendation is based on studies assessing the effects of repealing limits on alcohol sales on weekend days. CPSTF notes that these limits can apply to outlets where people buy alcohol to drink either on or off premises.

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Objectives related to this resource (2)

Reduce the proportion of people under 21 years who engaged in binge drinking in the past month — SU‑09
Little or no detectable change
Reduce the proportion of people aged 21 years and over who engaged in binge drinking in the past month — SU‑10
LHI label
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

1.

Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2008). Alcohol – Excessive Consumption: Maintaining Limits on Days of Sale. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/alcohol-excessive-consumption-maintaining-limits-days-sale