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ArticleSubstance use & misuse2018

Impact of Alcohol Tax Increase on Maryland College Students' Alcohol-Related Outcomes.

Mieka J Smart, Safiya S Yearwood, Seungyoung Hwang, Roland J Thorpe, C Debra Furr-Holden

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Mieka J Smarta Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Michigan State University College of Human Medicine , Flint , Michigan , USA.
Safiya S Yearwoodb University of The West Indies St. Augustine , Trinidad and Tobago.
Seungyoung Hwangc Department of Mental Health , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore , Maryland , USA.
Roland J Thorped Department of Health , Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health , Baltimore, Maryland , USA.
C Debra Furr-Holdena Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Michigan State University College of Human Medicine , Flint , Michigan , USA.

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NIDA Epidemiology Training Program: Johns Hopkins UniversityT32DA007292 · NIDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI RENEE M. JOHNSON, Brion S Maher · 1993 to 2026
$17.7M
NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007292
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Abstract

objectiveThis study A) assessed whether levels of alcohol-related disciplinary actions on college campuses changed among MD college students after the 2011 Maryland (MD) state alcohol tax increase from 6% to 9%, and B) determined which school-level factors impacted the magnitude of changes detected.

methodA quasi-experimental interrupted time series (ITS) analysis of panel data containing alcohol-related disciplinary actions on 33 MD college campuses in years 2006-2013. Negative binomial regression models were used to examine whether there was a statistically significant difference in counts of alcohol-related disciplinary actions comparing time before and after the tax increase.

resultsThe ITS anaysis showed an insignificant relationship between alcohol-related disciplinary actions and tax implementation (β = -.27; p =.257) but indicated that alcohol-related disciplinary actions decreased significantly over the time under study (β = -.05; p =.022). DISCUSSION: Alcohol related disciplinary actions did decrease over time in the years of study, and this relationship was correlated with several school-level characteristics, including school price, school funding type, types of degrees awarded, and specialty. School price may serve as a proxy mediator or confounder of the effect of time on disciplinary actions.

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Alcohol Drinking in CollegeHumansMarylandStudentsTaxesUniversitiesalcoholcampuscollegedisciplinary actionstudentsTax

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