The number of alcohol outlets in a child’s residential area could influence their alcohol consumption, a recent study found.
According to the study, Victorian teenagers that live in places with more alcohol outlets are more likely to start drinking by the following year.
Keeping in mind that under-age alcohol consumption can affect alcohol use later in life and lead to risky behaviour later in adolescence, the revelation that alcohol outlet density impacts teenage alcohol use, is important.
As servers of alcohol one of the most important aspects of our job is ensuring that we only serve alcohol to people over the legal drinking age of 18.