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Internet filters and entry pages do not protect children from online alcohol marketing
Jones, Sandra Thom, Jeffrey Davoren, Sondra Lance, Barrie
Jones, Sandra
Thom, Jeffrey
Davoren, Sondra
Lance, Barrie
Abstract
We review programs and policies to prevent children from accessing alcohol marketing online. To update the literature, we present our recent studies that assess (i) in-built barriers to underage access to alcohol brand websites and (ii) commercial internet filters. Alcohol websites typically had poor filter systems for preventing entry of underage persons; only half of the sites required the user to provide a date of birth, and none had any means of preventing users from trying again. Even the most effective commercial internet filters allowed access to one-third of the sites we examined.
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Date
2014
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Journal article
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Journal of Public Health Policy
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35
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1
Page Range
75-90
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ACU Engagement
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