Preventing Excessive Alcohol Consumption: Maintaining Limits on Days of Sale

Included Studies

Studies Identified in the Evidence Review

Fourteen studies that examined the effects of changes in days of sale qualified for the review.

The Effect of Changing the Number of Days that Alcohol was Sold at On-Premises Outlets

Knight I, Wilson P. Scottish licensing laws. London: Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Social Survey Division, 1980.        

Ligon J, Thyer B. The effects of a Sunday liquor sales ban on DUI arrests. J Alcohol Drug Educ 1993;38(2):33-40.

Ligon J, Thyer BA, Lund R. Drinking, eating, and driving: Evaluating the effects of partially removing a Sunday liquor sales ban. Journal Alcohol Drug Educ 1996;42(1):15-24. 

Smith DI. Impact on traffic safety of the introduction of Sunday alcohol sales in Perth, Western Australia. J Stud Alcohol 1978;39(7):1302-4.    

Smith DI. Effect on traffic accidents of introducing Sunday hotel sales in New South Wales, Australia. Contemp Drug Probl 1987;279-94.     

Smith DI. Effect on Traffic Accidents of Introducing Sunday Alcohol Sales in Brisbane, Australia. Int J Addict 1988;23(10):1091-9.

Smith DI. Effect on casualty traffic accidents of changing Sunday alcohol sales legislation in Victoria, Australia. J Drug Issues 1990;20(3):417-26.    

The Effect of Changing the Number of Days that Alcohol was Sold at Off-Premises Outlets

McMillan GP, Hanson TE, Lapham SC. Geographic variability in alcohol-related crashes in response to legalized Sunday packaged alcohol sales in New Mexico. Accid Anal Prev 2007;39(2):252-7. 

McMillan GP, Lapham SC. Effectiveness of bans and laws in reducing traffic deaths: Legalized Sunday packaged alcohol sales and alcohol-related traffic crashes and crash fatalities in New Mexico. Am J Public Health 2006;96(11):1944-8.

Nordlund S. Effects of Saturday closing of wine and spirits shops in Norway. Oslo, Norway: Statens institutt for alkoholforskning, 5-1-1985.

Norstrom T, Skog OJ. Saturday opening of alcohol retail shops in Sweden: An impact analysis. J Stud Alcohol 2003;64(3):393-401.

Norstrom T, Skog OJ. Saturday opening of alcohol retail shops in Sweden: an experiment in two phases. Addiction 2005;100(6):767-76.      

Olsson O, Wikstrom PH. Effects of the experimental Saturday closing of liquor retail stores in Sweden. Contemp Drug Probl 1982;325-53.     

Stehr M. The effect of Sunday sales bans and excise taxes on drinking and cross-border shopping for alcoholic beverages. Natl Tax J 2007;60(1):85-105.