Not everyone benefits equally from Sunday alcohol sales bans: socioeconomic differences in alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable mortality.

ABSTRACT: We examined socioeconomic variations in the association of off-premises Sunday alcohol sales bans and alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable mortality in the United States. We analyzed associations between Sunday sales ban presence and alcohol consumption patterns, allowing for a differential effect by education in fixed-effects regression models using data from the 2000-2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System (2000-2019) were analyzed in interrupted time-series analysis to test the effect of lifting the Sunday sales ban in Minnesota (07/01/2017) on alcohol-attributable mortality. Regression analyses indicated lower alcohol consumption when Sunday sales bans were in place, with an overall stronger effect on those with

SUBMITTER: Kilian C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12416536 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature