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“They start on the zero-alcohol and they wanna try the real thing”: Parents' views on zero-alcohol beverages and their use by adolescents

2024; Elsevier BV; Volume: 48; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100119

1753-6405

Nathan J. Harrison, Christina A. Norris, Ashlea Bartram, Michael Murphy, Simone Pettigrew, Ally O. Dell, Robin Room, Caroline Miller, Ian Olver, Marina Bowshall, Cassandra J. C. Wright, Rebecca Jenkinson, Jacqueline Bowden,

Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques

Zero-alcohol beverages containing 0.0-0.5% alcohol by volume may offer public health benefits if individuals use them to substitute for alcohol-containing products, thereby reducing alcohol use. There are, however, concerns that zero-alcohol beverages may encourage adolescents' earlier interest in alcohol and increase exposure to alcohol company branding. As this poses a challenge for parents, we studied parents' views on zero-alcohol beverages and their provision to adolescents.