Retain ban on Sunday sales (where applicable)
Retain ban on Sunday sales (where applicable)
Under this strategy, campuses and local and state governments support existing bans on Sunday sales of alcohol for offsite consumption. (No state bans such sales for onsite consumption.)
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Effectiveness: = Moderate effectiveness
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Cost: $ = Lower
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Research Amount: **** = 5 or more longitudinal studies
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Public Health Reach: Broad
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Staffing Expertise Needed: Policy advocate
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Target Population: All students
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Research Population: General
b = Intervention changed position in the matrix
Effectiveness ratings are based on estimated success in achieving targeted outcomes. Cost ratings are based on a consensus among research team members of the relative program and staff costs for adoption, implementation, and maintenance of a strategy. Actual costs will vary by institution, depending on size, existing programs, and other campus and community factors. Barriers to implementing a strategy include cost and opposition, among other factors. Public health reach refers to the number of students that a strategy affects. Strategies with a broad reach affect all students or a large group of students (e.g., all underage students); strategies with a focused reach affect individuals or small groups of students (e.g., sanctioned students). Research amount/quality refers to the number and design of studies.
- Reviews:
Middleton JC, Hahn RA, Kuzara JL, Elder R, Brewer R, Chattopadhyay S, et al. Effectiveness of policies maintaining or restricting days of alcohol sales on excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 39(6):575–89, 2010. - Popova S, Giesbrecht N, Bekmuradov D, & Patra J. Hours and days of sale and density of alcohol outlets: Impacts on alcohol consumption and damage: A systematic review. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 44(5):500–16, 2009.
- Recent study:
Heaton P. Sunday liquor laws and crime. Journal of Public Economics, 96(1–2):42–52, 2012.
References from 2019 update
- Han, S.; Branas, C.C.; and MacDonald, J.M. The effect of a Sunday liquor-sales ban repeal on crime: A triple-difference analysis. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 40(5):1111–1121, 2016.
- Markowitz, S.; Poe-Yamagata, E.; Andrews, T.; et al. Estimating the relationship between alcohol policies and criminal violence and victimization. German Economic Review 13(4):416–435, 2012.
- Yoruk, B.Y. Legalization of Sunday alcohol sales and alcohol consumption in the United States. Addiction 109(1):55–61, 2014.
NIAAA, Alcohol Policy Information System: Sunday Sales
For more information about intervention designs and implementation, check the articles in the References tab.
