• Alcohol Alcohol. · Mar 2011

    Alcohol industry and non-alcohol industry sponsorship of sportspeople and drinking.

    • Kerry S O'Brien, Peter G Miller, Gregory S Kolt, Matthew P Martens, and Andrew Webber.
    • School of Political and Social Sciences, Monash University, VIC, Australia. kerrykez@gmail.com
    • Alcohol Alcohol. 2011 Mar 1; 46 (2): 210-3.

    AimsTo examine the relationship between direct alcohol and non-alcohol sponsorship and drinking in Australian sportspeople.MethodsAustralian sportspeople (N = 652; 51% female) completed questionnaires on alcohol and non-alcohol industry sponsorship (from bars, cafes etc.), drinking behaviour (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)) and known confounders.Results31% reported sponsorship (29.8% alcohol industry; 3.7% both alcohol and non-alcohol industry and 1.5% non-alcohol industry only) Multivariate regression showed that receipt of alcohol industry sponsorship was predictive of higher AUDIT scores (β(adj) = 1.67, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.56-2.78), but non-alcohol industry sponsorship and combinations of both were not (β(adj) = 0.18, 95% CI: -2.61 to 2.68; and β(adj) = 2.58, 95% CI: -0.60 to 5.76, respectively).ConclusionGovernments should consider alternatives to alcohol industry sponsorship of sport. Hypothecated taxes on tobacco have been used successfully for replacing tobacco sponsorship of sport in some countries, and may show equal utility for the alcohol industry's funding of sport.

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