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## ABSTRACT ## Aims To evaluate the effects of a community alcohol prevention programme on the frequency of alcohol service to intoxicated patrons at licensed premises. ## Design Pretest (1996)–post‐test (1999) design. ## Setting Licensed premises in Stockholm, Sweden. ## Intervention The community alcohol prevention programme, including server training in responsible beverage service (RBS) and policy initiatives in the community, has been conducted since 1996. ## Participants and measurements Actors were hired to enter licensed premises, enact a scene of severe intoxication and attempt to order a beer. At the baseline in 1996, actors visited 92 licensed premises, 47 from the central part of Stockholm and 45 from the southern part of Stockholm. At the follow‐up in 1999, 103 licensed premises were visited, 61 from the central part of Stockholm and 42 from the southern part of Stockholm. Observers monitored each visit. ## Findings At follow‐up the actors were denied service of alcohol at 47% of the licensed premises, a statistically significant improvement compared to 5% in the baseline study. ## Conclusions Licensed premises refused service of alcohol to intoxicated patrons to a muc

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Author

Eva Wallin; Johanna Gripenberg; Sven Andréasson

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0965-2140)

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)