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

Alcohol – Excessive Consumption: Regulation of Alcohol Outlet Density

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: February 2007

Workgroups: Substance Use Workgroup, Social Determinants of Health Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends the use of regulatory authority (like through licensing and zoning) to limit alcohol outlet density as a way to reduce excessive drinking and related harms. CPSTF found that greater alcohol outlet density is associated with increased drinking and related harms. However, no studies in CPSTF’s review examined the effects of local interventions to limit alcohol outlet density.

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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. (2007). Alcohol - Excessive consumption: Regulation of alcohol outlet density. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/alcohol-excessive-consumption-regulation-alcohol-outlet-density