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Minimum Purchasing Age for Alcohol and Traffic Crash Injuries Among 15- to 19-Year-Olds in New Zealand

Kypros Kypri, Robert B. Voas, John Langley, Shaun Stephenson, Dorothy Begg, A. Scott Tippetts, Gabrielle Davie

American Journal of Public Health · 2005 · 107 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Significantly more alcohol-involved crashes occurred among 15-to 19-year-olds than would have occurred had the purchase age not been reduced to 18 years. The effect size for 18- to 19-year-olds is remarkable given the legal exceptions to the pre-1999 law and its poor enforcement.

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