Does the social context of early alcohol use affect alcohol-related harms in adulthood? Findings from a national birth cohort.

ABSTRACT: Internationally, laws on the provision of alcohol commonly exempt that provided by parents and/or consumed in private premises. Whether these exemptions mitigate alcohol-related harms, as has been posited, is unclear. We used data from 10,968 individuals (5216 women) from the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study. Exposures, self-reported at 16-years of age, were consumption of alcohol with specific people (including parents, siblings and friends) and acquisition from different places (including their own home). The outcomes, self-reported at 30-years of age, were high alcohol consumption (>14 units of alcohol in the last week), and screening positive for a possible alcohol problem using the cutting down, being annoyed by criticism, feeling guilty, and eye-openers (CAGE) questionnaire. At 30-yea

SUBMITTER: White J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6983927 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature